Основатель LIDO Гунарс Кирсонс: патриотизм, отношение к русским и Латвия как новая Швейцария

LIDO founder Gunārs Ķirsons invested €2 million of his own money in the new project—without applying for a bank loan. In an interview with the "Aktsent" channel, Ķirsons spoke about his hopes for the new Latvian government, bureaucracy, migrants, and why Latvia could become the new Switzerland. In this episode: 00:00 Introduction 01:55 What can the new Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs change? 09:34 "If my neighbor is suffering, I am happy": the Soviet legacy and the Latvian mentality 11:05 How does Ķirsons feel about Russians 17:20 Migration: Why should we restrict immigrants 25:53 "The Lido complex in Riga would not be built today" 33:50 Ķirsons left Lido. Why? 39:12 Is the Latvian food industry in crisis? 44:22 Daba: Feeding in 30 Seconds 48:17 Business and government aren't listening to each other: who's to blame? 54:17 "We're better than Switzerland. If we think like that, we'll do it." 🔴 Subscribe to stay up to date: https://www.youtube.com/@AccentMed1a?... ────── Hosts: Evgeny Antonov and Olga Knyazeva Studio Guest: Gunārs Īrsons ────── "Accent" is an independent Russian-language media outlet created by journalists from the closed "Latvian Radio 4." News from Latvia and the Baltics, politics, economics, and society—honest analysis without an official agenda. ────── This episode was made possible thanks to the support of our viewers: dimiklat, Irina Riga Support Accent: → Become a sponsor on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AccentMed1a/... → Wise: https://wise.com/pay/r/mCaLOTHI7OP8yXs → Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/accentmedia ────── 📅 New videos — 1-2 times a week 📢 Social Media: Facebook:   / accentmed1a   Instagram:   / accentmed1a   TikTok:   / accentmed1a   Telegram: https://t.me/accentmed1a ────── © Accent. When using materials, an active link is required. ────── 📌 Respect the hosts, guests, and other commentators. Insults and personal attacks will be deleted. ────── #Latvia #Accent #LatviaNews #LatviaPolitics #Baltics #Russian-languageMedia #IndependentJournalism