Pig men in Latvian government realized it would be too much.
http://www.russiatoday.ru/news/news/24467
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Latvian Pig Man won=92t spoil Victory Day
A controversial anti-litter initiative in Latvia has been delayed
after criticism that it was an affront to Russians and their
commemoration of Victory Day.
The Latvian government are using a mascot called Pig Man, who is meant
to symbolise litter louts, in a bid to help clean up their streets.
But the end of the campaign was to coincide with Victory Day, on May
8.
Earlier a Latvian Russian-language daily, The Telegraph, had labelled
the move to hold the so-called =91Day of Victory over plastic bags=92 a
provocation.
Several politicians also called the campaign an insult to veterans of
the war and to the Soviet soldiers who gave their lives to liberate
Latvia from Nazi occupation.
If it had gone ahead, there were fears that it could have led to
resentment among Latvia=92s large Russian minority, or even a repeat of
last year=92s Estonian riots.
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