Latvian embassy in Russia maintains constant contact with relatives of the recently passed Latvian basketball player Jānis Timma and Russian authorities to ensure his remains are delivered to Latvia, as LETA was told by press-secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Diāna Eglīte.
She confirmed the ministry is prepared to ensure all necessary consular aid. Eglīte said it is important to keep in mind that consular aid is direct and individual, so the embassy is not authorised to provide detailed information.
A post from Timma’s friend Gatis Liniņš is on Facebook. The mother of the late Jānis Timma – Ausma Timma – approved of the post.
In it, Liniņš noted that on Sunday the woman is to travel to Moscow and agree on a repatriation flight to deliver her son’s remains to Latvia. However, she does not have the money to afford all that.
In his Facebook post, Liniņš invites readers to donate money to the mother of the basketball player to pay for the delivery and burial of Timma’s remains.
As previously reported, Latvian basketball player Jānis Timma has died in Moscow, as reported by basketnews.lt.
The body of the 32-year-old basketball player was found in the stairwell of a residential house in Moscow. Ukrainian media Meduza reports that Russian news agencies Tass and RIA Novosti have confirmed Timma’s suicide.
Latvian Basketball Association (LBS) has confirmed the death of the Latvian basketball player’s death on X (formerly Twitter).
The basketball player spent part of the 2022/2023 season without a club and made his debut in the Puerto Rican Championship in March in the ranks of Umacao “Grises”, but after the past four games, Timma’s and the club’s paths parted ways. After that, the Latvian basketball player played a season in the “Big3” league in the “Aliens” unit.
In the first half of the 2021/2022 season, Kraslavian was part of the Russian club Kazan “Unics”, playing three Euroleague matches in this unit. He spent the second half of the season with the National Basketball Association (NBA) G League team, the Lakeland Magic.
Abroad, the basketball player has also played for the teams of Piraeus “Olympiakos”, St. Petersburg “Zenit”, Vitoria “Baskonia” and Moscow region “Khimki”. During his career, Timma has also represented the Latvian teams “ASK Rīga”, ASK/”Juniors”, “Liepāja Lions”, “Ventspils” and “VEF Rīga”.