Latvia; Riga; after the declaration of independence from the USSR on August 20; 1991. Barricades built by the Latvian population during the January riots to protect the government district and radio and television stations from the Soviet Union forces. OB van of the Latvija Televizija television station in front of the radio building on the cathedral square The radio house is protected with barbed wire and provisional walls.Riga; November 1991.