Latvian Russian Union
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Latvian Russian Union
Latvijas Krievu savienība |
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| Co-chairpersons |
Tatjana Ždanoka Jurijs Petropavlovskis Miroslavs Mitrofanovs |
| Founded | 1998 (electoral alliance) 2007 (party) |
| Merger of |
Equal Rights, Free Choice in People's Europe |
| Headquarters | Riga |
| Ideology |
Democratic socialism, Russian minority politics |
| European affiliation | European Free Alliance (observer) |
| International affiliation | None |
| European Parliament group | The Greens–European Free Alliance |
| Colours | Blue, red |
| Saeima |
0 / 100
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| European Parliament |
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| Website | |
| rusojuz.lv | |
The Latvian Russian Union (Latvian: Latvijas Krievu savienība, Russian: Русский союз Латвии) is an ethnic minority, left-wing political party in Latvia, supported mainly by ethnic Russians and other Russian-speaking minorities. The Co-chairpersons of the party are Tatjana Ždanoka, Jurijs Petropavlovskis and Miroslavs Mitrofanovs.
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 Russia and was the only major political organization to oppose Latvia's membership in NATO. Socially, it is very conservative as is its voter base. Economic issues are less emphasized but the party's economic positions tend to be left-wing.
The party originated as the electoral alliance For Human Rights in a United Latvia (ForHRUL) (Latvian: Par cilvēka tiesībām vienotā Latvijā, PCTVL; Russian: За права человека в единой Латвии, ЗаПЧЕЛ) that was established in May 1998 by three political parties: the National Harmony Party, Equal Rights and the Socialist Party of Latvia (despite the name a hardline communist organization), all of which were mainly supported by Russophone voters. The alliance won 16 out of 100 seats in the 1998 parliamentary election and 25 seats in the 2002 parliamentary election, as well as 13 out of 60 seats on Riga City Council in the 2001 municipal elections. After the municipal elections, ForHRUL became part of Riga's city government and National Harmony Party member Sergejs Dolgopolovs became the vice-mayor of Riga.
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