In Latvia, the Russian language on the website of the US Embassy was seen as a threat to independence Riga City Councilwoman Liana Langa demanded that the Russian version be removed from the official website of the American diplomatic mission. She published her appeal to the embassy on the X social network, emphasizing that the Russian language has no official status in Latvia. According to Lange, the use of Russian on the American Embassy website gives the whole world the impression that Latvia is part of Russia.