Latvian Political Monitor

From@tikums

“[H]e was much more subtle back then.” No, he wasn’t. Jemberga and Ragozin were co-authoring pieces about Ukrainian “race war plans” in 2019. Ragozin was later arguing, before the full-scale invasion, that Russia’s military pressure was “a response, not a provocation” and that Ukraine’s Western alignment was driving escalation. That is why @rebaltica’s attempt to distance itself from him now rings hollow. These narratives did not suddenly appear in 2022. They were already helping shape an information environment in which Ukraine was portrayed as extremist, provocative and partly responsible for Russian aggression — precisely the kind of framing that weakened the political case for supporting and arming Ukraine. You are too eager to offer everyone a clean exit: they were fooled, he became worse, bygones be bygones. But Re:Baltica did not merely fail to notice him. It chose to work with him and gave institutional credibility to narratives that, before the invasion, worked against the case for treating Ukraine as the victim of Russian aggression and for strengthening it militarily.

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From@atis_svinka

By the end of the year, Lithuania is reducing ticket prices by 50% on domestic trains and long-distance buses. Almost six million euros have been earmarked for the support. More than a million passengers used a similar offer in the spring. In times of expensive fuel, the state can not only compensate for car use, but also offer people a more advantageous alternative — public transport. Such a time-limited and precisely measurable solution should also be tried in Latvia, as PROGRESĪVIE already proposed in the spring. The result should be assessed by the additional number of passengers, family savings, and how many people would choose a train or bus instead of a car. https://t.co/OeNnW9zSN0

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From@ZelenskyyUa

Ukraine’s just responses to all Russian strikes against our people. Over the past day, our warriors struck four targets that help Russia finance and wage its brutal war – two oil facilities and a training ground in the Perm, Samara, and Astrakhan regions. There was also a response in the Black Sea.

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From@tv24_lv

On the chances of “Austošās Saules Latvijai” entering the Saeima, pre-election debates and the government's work so far, the representative of the political party @austsaule, @RaivisZeltits, spoke on the TV24 special “Vēlēšanu nakts”. https://t.co/XClGCMqHYs

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From@MehanizetaBde

GDELS hands over the first "Hunter" to the Mechanized Infantry Brigade of the NBS Land Forces.

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From@atis_svinka

The Saeima cannot demand transparency from the entire state administration while itself remaining outside full external control. The Saeima committee supported a proposal to allow the State Audit Office to verify the correctness of parliament's annual report, thus taking the first step. The Saeima is currently the only state institution that the State Audit Office does not audit. https://t.co/AhEqwPDPCH

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