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• Aleksandrs Gaponenko explains principles of the calculation of damage caused to people who were granted status of non-citizens in Latvia

Vesti Segodnya prints an interview with a representative of the Parliament of Unrepresented Aleksandrs Gaponenko - initiator of the calculation of damage caused to people who were granted status of non-citizens in Latvia. According to Mr Gaponenko, the damage will be counted taking into consideration all areas in which non-citizens got deprived of rights. For instance, financial damage from deprivation of privatisation certificates in 90’s (non-citizens received less certificates than citizens); spent amount of taxis paid by both citizens and non-citizens on parliamentary and local deputies taking into consideration that non-citizens do not have voting rights; unequal counting of pensions to non-citizens; prohibition to occupy certain posts in the public sector by non-citizens; also too high state language requirements for some professions. Mr Gaponenko believes that the existing Latvian political regime reminds of national-socialistic regime which splits the residents on “Aryans” and “non-Aryans”.