Miroslav Borisovich Mitrofanov (russian: Миросла́в Бори́сович Митрофа́нов, lv, Miroslavs Mitrofanovs; born December 18, 1966 in

Daugavpils Daugavpils (; russian: Двинск; ltg, Daugpiļs ; german: Dünaburg, ; pl, Dyneburg; see other names) is a state city in south-eastern Latvia, located on the banks of the Daugava River, from which the city gets its name. The parts of the c ...

, Latvia) is a

Latvian Russian In Latvia, Russians have been the largest ethnic minority in the country for the last two centuries. The number of Russians in Latvia more than quadrupled during the Soviet occupation of Latvia when the size of the community grew from 8.8% o ...

journalist and politician, Member of the 7th and 9th

Saeima The Saeima () is the parliament of the Latvia, Republic of Latvia. It is a unicameral parliament consisting of 100 members who are elected by proportional representation, with seats allocated to political parties which gain at least 5% of the po ...

for For Human Rights in United Latvia. Co-chairman of ForHRUL (later renamed LRU) since 2011. He had been a member of the

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since March 2018 until July 2019. In 2020, Mitrofanov was elected to the Riga City Council. In 2020 Mitrofanov, alongside his party members

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 Europ ...

and

Andrejs Mamikins Andrejs Mamikins ( rus, Андрей Владимирович Мамыкин, ''Andrey Vladimirovich Mamykin''; born 11 March 1976) is a Latvian Russian politician, journalist and a Member of the European Parliament. Early life and career Mamikin ...

, was included in the European Platform for Democratic Elections database of "biased observers" for backing disputed and rigged elections in

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and occupied Ukraine.

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External links

Profile at the European Parliament portal
1966 births Living people Politicians from Daugavpils Latvian people of Russian descent Latvian Russian Union politicians Deputies of the 7th Saeima Deputies of the 9th Saeima Latvian Russian Union MEPs MEPs for Latvia 2014–2019 Latvian biologists Latvian journalists Writers from Daugavpils {{Latvia-politician-stub