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• Saeima criminalised illegal participation of Latvian residents in foreign armed conflicts

The Saeima has adopted draft amendments to the Criminal Law stipulating criminal liability of persons for illegal participation in armed conflicts outside Latvia. According to the amendments, persons who illegally take part in the foreign armed conflicts, sponsor armed conflicts, or recruit, train and send other persons to the armed conflicts could be punished with up to 10 years of imprisonment. As reported, there is information about several persons from Latvia taking part in the military conflict in the Eastern Ukraine on side of separatists and in Ukrainian volunteer military units. But up to this day, there were no legal measures for prosecution of these persons. Latvijas Avize