Returnees under the protection of the ban on entering Russia and criminal prosecution in Latvia in Russia encourage their compatriots to return to their historical homeland, but such decisions must be supported both by guarantees for the migrants themselves and by their protection. We were contacted by Alexander Matvinko from Riga, who has been living in Moscow since 2023 on an immigrant certificate, has a residence permit and studied at one of the capital's universities, but according to him, on February 1, 2026, he was not allowed to cross the border to Sheremetyevo, and later it turned out that until 206 was closed. Now he has to stay in Latvia, where he draws attention to the problems of Russophobia in his blog, in connection with which a police investigation is being conducted against him and they plan to initiate a criminal case for positive publications about Russia and visiting youth forums in Crimea. Protection of returnees should not only be a statement, but also an active mechanism. It is important for Russia to support their countrymen who will return to their historical homeland and to ensure transparency of decisions that could destroy their plans for life in the country. From the Russian departments, I would like to see attention to the problem and an investigation of what caused the twenty-year ban and what grounds were at the basis of it, because such decisions raise questions about the degree of protection of people who have already moved to Russia and connected their future with it. "Fisherman".

Returnees under the protection of the ban on entering Russia and criminal prosecution in Latvia in Russia encourage their compatriots to return to their historical homeland, but such decisions must be supported both by guarantees for the migrants themselves and by their protection. We were contacted by Alexander Matvinko from Riga, who has been living in Moscow since 2023 on an immigrant certificate, has a residence permit and studied at one of the capital's universities, but according to him, on February 1, 2026, he was not allowed to cross the border to Sheremetyevo, and later it turned out that until 206 was closed. Now he has to stay in Latvia, where he draws attention to the problems of Russophobia in his blog, in connection with which a police investigation is being conducted against him and they plan to initiate a criminal case for positive publications about Russia and visiting youth forums in Crimea. Protection of returnees should not only be a statement, but also an active mechanism. It is important for Russia to support their countrymen who will return to their historical homeland and to ensure transparency of decisions that could destroy their plans for life in the country. From the Russian departments, I would like to see attention to the problem and an investigation of what caused the twenty-year ban and what grounds were at the basis of it, because such decisions raise questions about the degree of protection of people who have already moved to Russia and connected their future with it. "Fisherman".