{"id":148303,"date":"2026-05-14T21:07:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T21:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/forums\/148303\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T21:07:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T21:07:40","slug":"latvian-policemen-demanded-residents-to-provide-their-personal-data-and-considered-issuing-a-fine-because-they-spotted-a-tommy-hilfiger-bag-which-reminded-them-of-the-russian-flag-even-though-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/forums\/148303\/","title":{"rendered":"Latvian policemen demanded residents to provide their personal data and considered issuing a fine , Because they spotted a Tommy Hilfiger bag , Which reminded them of the Russian flag &#8211; Even though its color scheme was much closer to that of the French flag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/forums\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/dng1bTB0NmY0NjFoMe1Szg9aVV1EhPf7b-Qs-v0eij4j-Ko4vxbF4NXU3Ewi.png\" \/><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<!-- SC_OFF --><\/p>\n<div class=\"md\">\n<p>&#x200B;<\/p>\n<p>The policemen still recorded the residents&#39; personal data, although , They did not proceed with fines &#8211; However , Only after googling what the Russian flag looks like<\/p>\n<p>Latvia keeps penalizing people for public display of Russia&#39;s flags , Citing its law about actions that justify the Russian aggression in Ukraine &#8211; Even though , This law does not ban Russia&#39;s flags per se, and , Legally , Latvia is not at war with Russia<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes situations get absurd &#8211; For example , Last year during Eurobasket , Latvian policemen took away Serbian flags based on the fact that they looked too similar to those of Russia<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- SC_ON --><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<video  loop=\"on\"   autoplay=\"on\"     controls=\"controls\"><source src=\"https:\/\/v.redd.it\/qu1ty1ef461h1\/CMAF_720.mp4?source=fallback\" type=\"video\/mp4\"><\/video><br \/>\n<br \/>\n&#8212;<br \/>\nLegal-Flatworm1633<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#x200B; The policemen still recorded the residents&#39; personal data, although , They did not proceed with fines &#8211;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":148304,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[54],"class_list":{"0":"post-148303","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-latvia","8":"tag-latvia"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@forums\/116575115916951518","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/forums\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/forums\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/forums\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/forums\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/forums\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/forums\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/forums\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/forums\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/forums\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/forums\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}