Latvian Russian Union
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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]
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; 25 years ago (1998-08-03) (ForHRUL alliance) 19 May 2007; 17 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 | |
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.