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Russian scholar Andrey Lankov detained in Latvia — Delfi

Lankov was taken to an immigration service office

Andrey Lankov, Korean studies expert Straitgate/ Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

Andrey Lankov, Korean studies expert

© Straitgate/ Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

VILNIUS, February 24. /TASS/. The Latvian police have detained Andrey Lankov, a Korean studies expert, while he was giving a lecture in Riga, and taken him to an immigration service office, Delfi portal quoted visitors of the event as saying.

The lecture on North Korea was scheduled for 17:00 GMT.

According to the portal, Lankov was taken away by the municipal police.

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Lankov was taken to an immigration service office

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