Alliance of Young Latvians

Alliance of Young Latvians (Latvian: Apvienība Jaunlatvieši, AJ) is a Latvian political party founded on February 11, 2023.[2] The party board includes former members of For Each and Every One (now Platform 21) Rūdolfs Brēmanis, Edgars Dārznieks and Artūrs Klēbahs. The party claims to stand for Latvian protectionism, a popularly elected president and reduction of bureaucracy and states that Latvia "must be independent from the East or the West".[3] The party had one member of the Saeima, former member of For Stability! Glorija Grevcova.

Alliance of Young Latvians
Apvienība Jaunlatvieši
AbbreviationAJ
Leader
  • Rūdolfs Brēmanis
  • Edgars Dārznieks
  • Artūrs Klēbahs
Founded1 February 2023 (2023-02-01)
HeadquartersRiga
Membership (2023)530[1]
Ideology
Political positionRight-wing
Colours
  •   Red
Saeima
0 / 100
Website
www.jaunlatviesi.lv

Brēmanis, a former charge- d'affaires at the Latvian embassy in the United Arab Emirates, is the main suspect in case about a possible embezzlement scheme involving the service apartments of the foreign service. Public Broadcasting of Latvia also reported that Brēmanis might have engaged in the residency permits-for-investment business while still being in the diplomatic service.[4]

European Parliament Elections (2024)

In the 2024 elections to the European Parliament, the party - among others - fielded the Russophone bookkeeper[5] Olga Čerņavska (Ольга Чернявская Ol'ga Cherniavskaia in Russian),[6][7] who previously had not been active in politics. In the campaigning period, Latvia's State Security Service (VDD) investigated her anti-Latvian and pro-Russian statements.[8] In mid-June 2024, she defected to Belarus, citing 'electoral falsifications'and 'death threats.'[9] The Belarusian propaganda uses her to discredit Latvia (which is similar to the case of the Polish judge Tomasz Szmydt who defected to Belarus in May 2024).[10][11][12]

In Belarus, Čerņavska joined Roman Samul (Romāns Samuļs in Latvian, Роман Самуль in Russian).[13] He had defected from Latvia to Belarus in 2022,[14] after having failed to win a mandate to the Latvian Parliament.[15] In Belarus, Samul gathers displeased Russophones from Latvia[16] for the sake of anti-Latvian propaganda.[17]

References
  1. "Informācija par politisko partiju biedru skaitu". Uzņēmumu reģistra tīmekļvietne (in Latvian). 15 May 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  2. Informācija par politisko partiju biedru skaitu.
  3. "Par Mums". www.jaunlatviesi.lv. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  4. "Former diplomat in UAE named suspect in criminal case". eng.lsm.lv. 21 January 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  5. Olga Čerņavska APVIENĪBA JAUNLATVIEŠI.
  6. Olga Čerņavska, EIROPAS PARLAMENTA VĒLĒŠANAS 2024.
  7. Анастасия Шубина. 2024. ЦИК закончил регистрировать списки партий на выборы в Европарламент. Chayka. 12 Feb.
  8. Security Service looks at EP candidate's social media remarks
  9. Ольга Чернявская рассказала, как проходили выборы в Европарламент - подробности в "Актуальном интервью". 2024. BT. 13 Jun.
  10. Śladem sędziego Szmydta. „Prześladowana” Rosjanka z Łotwy poprosiła o azyl na Białorusi. 2024. Be;sat. 24 Jun.
  11. Не прошла в Европарламент — и приехала в Беларусь прославлять Лукашенко. Рассказываем о непростой судьбе новой героини госпропаганды. 2024. Zerkalo. 24 Jun.
  12. Кандидат в депутаты Европарламента от Латвии: закрывают школы, почты, но есть деньги на Украину. 2024. BelTA. 16 Jun.
  13. ОЛЬГА ЧЕРНЯВСКАЯ: "В ЛАТВИИ МЕНЯ АРЕСТУЮТ ЗА МОИ ВЗГЛЯДЫ - VDD!". 2024. Роман Самуль / ПРАВДА ТВ. 15 Jun.
  14. Меня могли убить или посадить. Латыш рассказал, почему покинул свою страну и переехал в Беларусь. 2023. BelTA. 28 May.
  15. Romans Samuļs TAUTAS KALPI LATVIJAI.
  16. Латыши Беларуси.
  17. МИНСК 2 ГЛАЗАМИ БЕЖЕНЦА ИЗ ЛАТВИИ. 2023. Romans Samuls.
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