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Latvian Russian Union Latvijas Krievu savienība Русский союз Латвии | |
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| Abbreviation | LKS (Latvian) РСЛ (Russian) |
| Co-chairpersons | Tatjana Ždanoka Miroslavs Mitrofanovs[1] |
| Founded | 3 August 1998 (ForHRUL alliance) 19 May 2007 (party) 18 January 2014 (LKS/РСЛ) |
| Merger of | Equal Rights Free Choice in People's Europe |
| Headquarters | Riga, Rūpniecības iela 9, LV 1010 |
| Membership (2023) |  653[2] |
| Ideology | Russian minority politics[3] Russophilia[4] |
| National affiliation | Pamats-LV |
| Colours | Blue Red |
| Saeima | 0 / 100 |
| European Parliament | 0 / 8 |
| Riga City Council | 3 / 60 |
| Website | |
| rusojuz.lv | |
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.
- ^ a b "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".