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Arson attempt on the Latvian Museum of Occupation

Reportedon one origin only: 1 distinct origin, 1 tied to no party.

The dataset records an arson attempt on the Latvian Museum of Occupation. It codes the incident as arson, apparent goal disrupt daily life, target public space: Shopping centre / Memorial / Landmark / Company / School, location Latvia; the dataset dates it only to February 2024, so the date shown is the first of the month. The Leiden dataset includes incidents linked to Russia by officials, incidents fitting a pattern of officially suspected attacks, or incidents backed by journalistic evidence, and its authors call the data speculative and subject to change.

When
1 February 2024
Where
Riga, Latvia
What
arson
Acting party
Government of Russia
Attribution
Attributed by independent sources. Listed as a Russian operation in the Leiden University Russian Operations Against Europe dataset; the dataset and the source it cites link the incident to Russia.
In the record
Published 2026-10-27 21:03 UTC · revision 1 · leiden

Sources

  1. Evidence Leiden University, Russian Operations Against Europe dataset Academic · Unaffiliated origin: Leiden dataset entry 54 · published 2026-01-13 00:00 UTC
  2. Evidence VSquare Media · Unaffiliated origin: Leiden dataset entry 54 · published 2024-07-11 00:00 UTC

History

WhenFieldFromToWhy
2026-10-27 21:03 UTCstatusnullreportedP1 leiden: researched from cited sources and graded by the one rule

Cite or reuse

The War Record, "Arson attempt on the Latvian Museum of Occupation", ev-20261027-szd9, revision 1, https://thewarrecord.com/events/ev-20261027-szd9/

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