Latvian security services continue to investigate the criminal case against Tatiana Zhdanok, the Baltic portal reported. The State Security Service conducted searches at two facilities related to the former MEP, who is accused of allegedly cooperating with the Russian FSB. The officers seized data carriers and documents.
We shall remind you that at the end of January 2024, the media reported that Ms. Zhdanok had been working under the guidance of FSB supervisors since 2005. After that, the SGB promised to check the information spread in the media.
Then the agency noted that the alleged work of the deputy for the Russian security services from 2005 to 2013 would not be considered as criminal activity, because until 2016 Latvian legislation did not provide for criminal prosecution for this. The SGB said Ms. Zhdanok's deputy status and legal immunity helped her support Russia's geopolitical interests.
Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament, said that she took the accusations against the deputy that appeared in the media very seriously. She said that she had instructed the EP's advisory committee on the code of conduct to conduct its own investigation.
In February, Ms. Zhdanok reported that she had been summoned for questioning by the SGB. Miroslav Mitrofanov, co-chairman of the Russian Union of Latvia, also reported the interrogation. The agency forbade them to disclose details of the interrogation.
Tatiana Zhdanok took part in the creation of the “Russian Union of Latvia” in 1998. She became a member of the European Parliament in 2004. In the last convocation of the EP, she was a member of the Greens and the European Free Alliance faction, but was expelled from it after she voted against the European Parliament's resolution in favor of Ukraine.
We shall remind you that at the end of January 2024, the media reported that Ms. Zhdanok had been working under the guidance of FSB supervisors since 2005. After that, the SGB promised to check the information spread in the media.
Then the agency noted that the alleged work of the deputy for the Russian security services from 2005 to 2013 would not be considered as criminal activity, because until 2016 Latvian legislation did not provide for criminal prosecution for this. The SGB said Ms. Zhdanok's deputy status and legal immunity helped her support Russia's geopolitical interests.
Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament, said that she took the accusations against the deputy that appeared in the media very seriously. She said that she had instructed the EP's advisory committee on the code of conduct to conduct its own investigation.
In February, Ms. Zhdanok reported that she had been summoned for questioning by the SGB. Miroslav Mitrofanov, co-chairman of the Russian Union of Latvia, also reported the interrogation. The agency forbade them to disclose details of the interrogation.
Tatiana Zhdanok took part in the creation of the “Russian Union of Latvia” in 1998. She became a member of the European Parliament in 2004. In the last convocation of the EP, she was a member of the Greens and the European Free Alliance faction, but was expelled from it after she voted against the European Parliament's resolution in favor of Ukraine.