Tatiana Ždanoka

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Tatjana Ždanoka (2009)

Tatiana Ždanoka (born May 8, 1950 in Rīga ; Russian Татья́на Арка́дьевна Ждано́к; also Tatiana Shdanoka ) is a Russian-born politician of the Latvian Russian Union party ( Latvijas Krievu savienība ). She was of 20. July 2004 to 4 March 2018 the European Parliament Member in the Group / EFA Green , where she particularly the policy of Vladimir Putin defended. She has been a member of the European Parliament again since July 2, 2019.

Life

Tatjana Ždanoka was a mathematics professor at the University of Latvia . In the late 1980s she entered politics as one of the leaders of the International Front of Latvia (Interfront), which opposed the independence of Latvia. According to the political scientist Vladmir Socor, she is a left opponent of Latvian independence; the author Anatol Lieven counted her among the Soviet loyalists in Latvian politics.

In March 1990 she was elected to the Supreme Soviet of the Latvian SSR . She was also involved in the Latvian Communist Party . She stands up for the Russian- speaking minority in Latvia, her main concern is the protection of their national and linguistic identity.

After Latvia regained its independence, Ždanoka was banned from running for the Saeima , the Latvian parliament. This was justified with her remaining in the Latvian CP even after its leadership had called in January 1991 to overthrow the government striving for independence. She was excluded from the parliamentary elections in 1998 and 2002, but tried Latvia before the European Court of Human Rights .

During the ongoing process, the Saeima decided not to impose any restrictions on former members of the Communist Party in the 2004 European elections . Ždanoka was elected to the European Parliament in June 2004 and won her trial against Latvia a few days later on June 17th. She was awarded 20,000 euros and 2,236.50 lats . However, Latvia appealed on the grounds that its situation in transition from totalitarian rule had not been adequately recognized. On March 16, 2006, the European Court of Human Rights ruled with 13 votes against 4 that Ždanoka's rights had not been violated.

EU parliamentarian

Since the 2009 elections, Ždanoka has belonged to the Group of the Greens / European Free Alliance. According to the Latvian think tank ReBaltica, Ždanoka received financial support during her election campaign for the European Parliament from Putin's confidante Georgiy Muradov , who was appointed "Deputy Prime Minister" of Crimea after the annexation of Crimea. Ždanoka denied allegations that Muradow had only donated money for candles.

She was a member of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs , the Petitions Committee and the delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly. The Russki Mir Foundation supported Ždanoka's events, and according to the ReBaltica think tank, the politician is said to have received around 30,000 euros from the foundation.

Ždanoka has repeatedly voted against her own group in the EU Parliament. It supported the Russian intervention in Crimea and eastern Ukraine and rejected the sanctions that had been decided against Russia. The chairwoman of the Greens / European Free Alliance, Rebecca Harms , called in March 2014 for Ždanoka to be expelled from the group. On May 2, 2014 , she only invited witnesses to an event about the riots in Odessa , who blamed only “Ukrainian fascists”.

Miroslav Mitrofanovs succeeded her in the European Parliament on March 5, 2018 .

In the European elections in 2019, Ždanoka ran again for the European Parliament. Your party won one of the eight Latvian mandates with 6.24 percent. Since then, Ždanoka has been a member of the European Parliament again and once again joined the group The Greens / European Free Alliance. For the group she is a member of the Employment and Social Affairs Committee and the Petitions Committee . She is an alternate member of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Vladimir Socor: Zhdanoka Candidacy Polarizes Latvian Election . In: Jamestown Foundation , May 24, 2004.
  2. ^ Anatol Lieven: The Baltic Revolution: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and the Path to Independence (2nd edition). Yale University Press, New Haven 1994, ISBN 0-300-06078-5 , p. 189 .
  3. ^ A b c Joachim Bartz, Ulrich Stoll and Arndt Ginzel: Putin's Friends in Europe: Support right-wing populists, ensnare established politicians . In: ZDF , October 4, 2016.
  4. ^ Website of the European Parliament
  5. ↑ a b Zdanoka's actions 'unacceptable,' says Harms . In: Baltic Times , March 20, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Putin's Secret Network. How Russia is dividing the West " , Frontal 21 (ZDF), October 4, 2016. (Video available until October 4, 2019.)
  7. ↑ Home | Tatiana ŽDANOKA | MPs | European Parliament. Retrieved July 6, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Ždanoka, Tatjana
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Latvian politician, MEP
DATE OF BIRTH May 8, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Riga