The news from Latvia follows reports that stickers bearing the Wagner Group logo and seeking recruits had been distributed in Warsaw and Krakow.
Last week, Polish media reported that stickers bearing the Wagner Group logo had been distributed in Warsaw and Krakow that said in English:"We are here—join us." The stickers reportedly contained QR codes that redirect to a Russian website about the paramilitary group.
Wagner Group fighters are seen in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don late on June 24, 2023. Russian paramilitary outfit the Wagner Group has kick-started recruitment in NATO member Latvia, the country's state security service was cited by local media as saying on Tuesday.NATO members Poland, Lithuania and Latvia have strengthened border security since the Wagner Group relocated to Belarus.
"VDD has not detected 'Wagner' recruitment stickers similar to those discovered in Poland or other propaganda materials of the Wagner group at public spaces in Latvia," the secret service said. Baltic news aggregator Delfi reported that citizens and non-citizen residents in Latvia are prohibited from serving in the armed forces or a military organization of another state that threatens the country's national security, and that doing so is punishable by up to four years in prison.
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