Russia summoned the representatives of the defendants of Latvia and protested the demand to fire all employees of the National Insurance Department at the Russian Embassy in Riga, warning that the move could threaten pension and national insurance payments for nearly 6,000 Russian military retirees and their family members living in Latvia. Russia accused Latvia of violating a 1994 bilateral agreement on social protection and called on Riga to honor its commitments.

Russia summoned the representatives of the defendants of Latvia and protested the demand to fire all employees of the National Insurance Department at the Russian Embassy in Riga, warning that the move could threaten pension and national insurance payments for nearly 6,000 Russian military retirees and their family members living in Latvia. Russia accused Latvia of violating a 1994 bilateral agreement on social protection and called on Riga to honor its commitments.