3 August 1998; 25 years ago (1998-08-03) (ForHRUL alliance) 19 May 2007; 16 years ago (2007-05-19) (party) 18 January 2014; 10 years ago (2014-01-18) (LKS/РСЛ)
Merger of
Equal Rights Free Choice in People's Europe [lv; ru]
Headquarters
Riga, Rūpniecības iela 9, LV 1010
Membership (2023)
653[2]
Ideology
Russian minority politics[3] Russophilia[4]
Colours
Blue Red
Saeima
0 / 100
European Parliament
1 / 8
Riga City Council
3 / 60
Website
rusojuz.lv
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The Latvian Russian Union (LRU, Latvian: Latvijas Krievu savienība, Russian: Русский союз Латвии, romanized: Russkiy soyuz Latvii) (LKS) is a political party in Latvia supported mainly by ethnic Russians and other Russian-speaking minorities. The co-chairpersons of the Latvian Russian Union are Miroslavs Mitrofanovs and an alleged Russian agent[5][6][7] Tatjana Ždanoka.[1]
The party emphasizes issues important to the Russian minority in Latvia. It requests the granting of Latvian citizenship to all of Latvia's remaining non-citizens and supports Russian and Latgalian as co-official languages in municipalities where at least 20% of the population are native speakers of such a language. It supports stronger ties with both Russia and the European Union, and was the only major political organization to oppose Latvia's membership in NATO.
^ ab"Leaders of Latvian Russian Union". Latvian Russian Union. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
^"Informācija par politisko partiju biedru skaitu". Uzņēmumu reģistra tīmekļvietne (in Latvian). Retrieved 2023-03-07.
^Nordsieck, Wolfram (2010). "Latvia". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 2011-07-26.
^"Most stubborn survivor speaks out".
^"Exclusive: Latvian Member of European Parliament is an agent of Russian intelligence, leaked emails confirm".
^Tjoflot, Eirin (2024-01-31). "EU-politikar var russisk agent". NRK (in Norwegian Nynorsk). Retrieved 2024-02-10.
^"New investigation alleges Latvian member of European Parliament has secretly worked for Russian FSB for 20 years".
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