Security service seeks prosecution for Latvian helping russian company

The VDD's criminal proceedings for violating EU sanctions began on April 14th last year.

The investigation found that the person had been providing remote programming services to a company in russia since 2022. In addition, for several months, the person received their salary in an account at Alfa-Bank, a russian bank included in the EU sanctions list, thereby providing financial resources to a company subject to sanctions, contrary to the prohibition.

The VDD reminded that, in response to russia's war in Ukraine, EU citizens are prohibited from providing programming and many other services to companies in russia. Similarly, EU Member State residents are prohibited from directly or indirectly making financial resources and economic resources available to natural and legal persons included in the EU sanctions lists.

Source: LSM.lv