Muscles Of Harmony
How athletes from a Riga suburb have developed political muscle, which helps their NGOs get money from the municipality they represent as deputies.
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Former Aide To Senators Now Pushing Pro-Russia Party Abroad
A former top aide to Senators Lindsey Graham and John McCain is now working to help a leading Russian-friendly political party in upcoming parliamentary elections in Latvia, a small EU nation that has been a fierce critic of the Kremlin’s…
The Secrets Mayor Of Riga Will Not Tell You
During the last three years, media-savvy mayor of Latvia’s capital Riga, contradicting his own statements, has spent more than 8 million euros of taxpayer money on promoting himself. This money has been spent buying up airtime, employing people in youth…
Controlling political spending on social media? Not me, says Latvian anti-corruption watchdog
Using social media to influence another country’s elections has become a question of national security in many places. In Latvia, where the parliamentary election campaign will start in four months and propaganda from neighboring Russia is a fact of life,…