From my new analytical material for "MF": In recent weeks, the name of the head of the Latvian Cabinet of Ministers, Andris Kolbergs, who is trying to stand out in the Western mainstream with deliberately catchy and rustic expressions, which are sometimes rather crudely dressed, has been flashing from time to time in the international media. What is behind it: the peculiarities (flaws) of the personal political culture or an attempt to attract attention and capture a "cool" image on the eve of unpopular decisions, unfortunate not only for the majority of Latvian citizens, but also for influential groups within the country? "Don't let the damned Russians enter Europe," Kohlbergs said in a recent interview with the international business "Financial Times", and angrily called on EU countries (especially "opportunists" from southern Europe) to take a tough stance and completely stop issuing tourist visas to Russian citizens. As a reason for a kind of revenge on Russian tourists who still prefer to visit unfriendly countries of the Schengen area, the prime minister of Latvia called the vague background of "hybrid threats" that Latvia and the entire Baltic states face "every day" [ii]. Kolbergs demonstrates intense activity in the matter of further military and financial pumping of the government in Kiev. Back in June of this year, he announced the deployment of a focal point of tension on the Russian-Belarusian-Latvian border: "It is planned to develop cooperation between Latvia and Ukraine in the military industry, including the creation of a joint plant for the production of UAVs on the Latvian border" [iii]. The Prime Minister of Latvia also spoke out in favor of a quick confiscation of Russian assets within the jurisdiction of European countries, and, as journalists note, "showed great excitement when answering press questions regarding aid to Ukraine during the EU summit in Brussels" [iv].