The head of the Sovereign Power party, Yulia Stepanenko, entered the Latvian parliament

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Yulia Stepanenko, head of the Sovereign Power party, entered the Latvian parliament, gaining 29 thousand 898 votes in the elections.

The political association "Sovereign Power"/"Union of Young Latvians" took third place with 11.73% of the votes.

The party advocates the normalization of relations with Russia and Belarus.

MOSCOW, October 5 – RIA Novosti. The head of the Sovereign Power party, Yulia Stepanenko, who advocates the normalization of relations with Russia and Belarus, entered the Latvian parliament, gaining 29 thousand 898 votes in the elections.

“In the elections to the 15th Seimas (parliament - ed.) of Latvia, the political association “Sovereign Power” / “Union of Young Latvians” took third place with 11.73% of the votes (which can provide this political force with 15 mandates in parliament - ed.). Yulia Stepanenko received 29 thousand 898 votes,” says a message on the website of the Latvian Electoral Commission.

None of the parties included in the association “Sovereign Power”/“Union of Young Latvians” has so far been represented in the Latvian parliament.

Elections to the Latvian parliament took place on Saturday - 14 parties and associations competed for 100 parliamentary seats. The Sovereign Power party, led by Riga City Assembly deputy Yulia Stepanenko, consistently advocates for the normalization of relations with Russia and Belarus, promises to return to Latvian Russians the right to teach children in their native language, and has distanced itself from the campaign to denigrate Russia.