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Tatjana Ždanoka
Tatjana Ždanoka or Tatyana Zhdanok (russian: Татья́на Арка́дьевна Ждано́к, ''Tatyana Arkadyevna Zhdanok''; born Tatyana Khesin (''Хесин'') on May 8, 1950 in Riga) is a Latvian politician and a Member of the European Parliament. She is co-chairwoman of the Latvian Russian Union and its predecessor parties ( Equal Rights and For Human Rights in a United Latvia) since 1993. From 1988 to 1989 she was one of the leaders of the Interfront, a political organization opposing Latvia's independence from the Soviet Union and rapid market reforms. She remained active in the Communist Party of Latvia after January 1991, when the party leadership called for a coup against the government of the Latvian SSR (in opposition to a restoration of independence). In 1997, Ždanoka was elected to Riga municipal council, but was deprived of the mandate in the Council in 1999 and is prohibited from further nomination for election to the Latvian Parliament or local counci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latvian Russian Union
The Latvian Russian Union (LRU, lv, Latvijas Krievu savienība, russian: Русский союз Латвии, Russkiy soyuz Latvii) (LKS) is a list of political parties in Latvia, political party in Latvia supported mainly by ethnic Russians and other Demographics of Latvia#Historical shifts, Russian-speaking minorities. The co-chairpersons of the Latvian Russian Union are Miroslav Mitrofanov and Tatjana Ždanoka. The party emphasizes issues important to the Russians in Latvia, Russian minority in Latvia. It requests the granting of Latvian nationality law, Latvian citizenship to all of Latvia's remaining Non-citizens (Latvia), non-citizens and supports Russian and Latgalian language, Latgalian as Official language, 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. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
