{"id":122461,"date":"2025-01-20T13:35:09","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T10:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/122461\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"latvia-considers-banning-belarusians-from-critical-infrastructure-facilities","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/122461\/","title":{"rendered":"Latvia considers banning Belarusians from critical infrastructure facilities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>January 20, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Latvia\u2019s interior ministry drafted amendments to a national security law to ban Russians and Belarusians from ownership of, and top executive and management jobs at critical infrastructure facilities, <em>Delfi <\/em>reports, citing <em>LETA<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If adopted as it stands, the bill would also ban the nationals of both countries from jobs involving access to information or equipment essential for infrastructure functioning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their employment would be possible only in exceptional cases based on authorization from Latvian security services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Latvian MPs may consider the bill after the government&#8217;s approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Latvia strengthened controls at its eastern borders after Russia launched a full-scale war on Ukraine in February 2022 with support from authorities in Minsk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also read: <a href=\"Reprisals: Latvian national on trial in Minsk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Reprisals: Latvian national on trial in Minsk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 20, Pozirk. 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