A day before the vote, around 5,000 people demonstrated outside the parliament, carrying signs reading “Hands off the Istanbul Convention” and “Latvia is not Russia.”

Tamar Dekanosidze, the Eurasia regional representative for women’s rights NGO Equality Now, said the bill attempted to reframe gender equality initiatives as pushing an “LGBTQ agenda,” adopting a Kremlin-style narrative that allows politicians to portray themselves as defenders of “national values” ahead of elections.

“This would mean that, in terms of values, legal systems and governance, Latvia would be more aligned with Russia than with the European Union and Western countries,” she said, adding that this “directly serves Russia’s interests in the country.”

of course they had to somehow make it about russia

Baltic state’s Hitler particles readings: 📈

BaltiKKKs don't be nazi challenge (impossible)

Capitalists love this charade cause they give the politically active something to debate over while they continue to share champagne, behind closed doors. Next year if things get better they will do something feminist and everyone will say some shit like "I didn't know what kind of game you were playing Latvia." If they get worse they will double down.

Just keep the ideological battle going, the more hateful people are towards each other the better.