Latvian Political Monitor

From@DMurgs

@Lato_Lapsa Wasn't it the Unity minister who issued him a residence permit? 😂

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From@Ivars_Abolins

Strengthening the role of the Russian language in Uzbekistan at the expense of Latvian taxpayers. This is exactly what has happened with the co-financing of EUR 11,734 granted by the Society Integration Foundation (SIF) to the association Centre Marta. The project aims to “promote the involvement of Latvian civil society organisations and strengthen capacities in an international cooperation project aimed at preventing gender-based violence and developing a support system in Uzbekistan, providing methodological tools and training to local NGOs and other interested partners to improve the identification, support and social integration of victims of violence.” The project was implemented in a multilingual environment, and the methodological (!!!) and informational materials are available in Russian and Uzbek. So the methodological materials are in Russian. At a time when Latvia’s budget lacks funds and we cannot always help our own people, the presence of the Russian language in Uzbekistan is being expanded at the expense of the whole society. This case once again shows that SIF must in fact be liquidated or seriously reformed, and things cannot continue as they are.

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From@liana_langa

A little I will inform about the political games, so that before the elections the work done by NA would not be visible: 1/ The amendments to the Higher Education Law were approved by the Cabinet of Ministers on 8 September; on 11 September @AndrisKulbergs sent them to the Education Committee of party member Batņa. 2/ The Ministry of Education and Science asked to include them on the IKZK agenda; that did not happen. 3/ On 17 September they were considered in the Saeima and handed over for review to Batņa's committee. 4/ At the 21 September cooperation meeting, the coalition partners agreed to consider the law amendments before the elections. 5/ On 22 September, MP Normunds Dzintars asked at the committee meeting to include them in the agenda; THAT WAS DENIED! 6/ Now it has scheduled review in the subcommittee for 6 October and in the committee for 13 October. WHY is that? Think, friend!

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From@realNepareizais

“We spoke very concretely, and, of course, if Russia attacked any of the Baltic states, then under NATO Article 5 we would have to send two of our mechanized brigades,” the 🇨🇿Czech prime minister said in an interview on Tuesday. An important message in uncertain times. https://t.co/Zo1Wto8wNY

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From@janisdombrava

Given the fact that Russian citizen L. Ragozin has over a long period of time publicly expressed views that are clearly contrary to Latvia's national interests, I therefore call on the Foreign Minister to include the said person on the list of persons undesirable to the Republic of Latvia (persona non grata). In his public activities, L. Ragozin has: blamed the West for Russia's aggressive actions; spoken about the ineffectiveness of sanctions, calling them provocative towards Russia; tried to justify Russia's aggressive foreign policy by questioning that Russia could have imperialist interests in gaining influence in Ukraine and elsewhere; discredited Ukraine, its political leadership and armed forces. His expressed views have often overlapped with messages intended to reduce Western support for Ukraine; in public activities he has criticised the West and Ukraine. Consequently, his activities can be assessed as aimed at steering Western public opinion in a direction favourable to Russia. Because of such activities, L. Ragozin's political undesirability in Europe (persona non grata) would be justified, but these activities cannot be considered as establishing the circumstances referred to in the Immigration Law that authorise the Minister of the Interior to include a person on the list of foreigners whose entry into the Republic of Latvia is prohibited, therefore I call on the Foreign Minister to take a decision on including this person on the persona non grata list.

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From@Ivars_Abolins

Strengthening the role of the Russian language in Uzbekistan with Latvian taxpayers’ money. That is exactly what happened with the co-financing of 11,734 euros granted to the association Centre Marta by the Society Integration Fund (SIF). The project’s aim is “to promote the involvement of Latvian civil society organisations and strengthen their capacity in an international cooperation project aimed at preventing gender-based violence and developing a support system in Uzbekistan, providing methodological tools and training for local NGOs and other interested partners to improve the identification, support and social integration of victims of violence.” The project was implemented in a multilingual environment, and the methodological (!!!) and informational materials are available in Russian and Uzbek. So the methodological materials are in Russian. At a time when Latvia’s budget lacks funds and we cannot always help our own people, the presence of the Russian language in Uzbekistan is being expanded using the resources of the whole society. This case once again shows that the SIF must in fact be liquidated or seriously reformed, and things cannot remain as they are.

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From@janisdombrava

Given the fact that Russian citizen L. Ragozin has over a long period of time publicly expressed views that are clearly contrary to Latvia's national interests, I therefore call on the Foreign Minister to include the said person on the list of persons undesirable to the Republic of Latvia (persona non grata). In his public activities, L. Ragozin has: blamed the West for Russia's aggressive actions; spoken about the ineffectiveness of sanctions, calling them provocative towards Russia; tried to justify Russia's aggressive foreign policy by questioning that Russia could have imperialist interests in gaining influence in Ukraine and elsewhere; discredited Ukraine, its political leadership and armed forces. His expressed views have often overlapped with messages intended to reduce Western support for Ukraine; in public activities he has criticised the West and Ukraine. Consequently, his activities can be assessed as aimed at steering Western public opinion in a direction favourable to Russia. Because of such activities, L. Ragozin's political undesirability in Europe (persona non grata) would be justified, but these activities cannot be considered as establishing the circumstances referred to in the Immigration Law that authorise the Minister of the Interior to include a person on the list of foreigners whose entry into the Republic of Latvia is prohibited, therefore I call on the Foreign Minister to take a decision on including this person on the persona non grata list.

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