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"Her political stance is seen as left centrism and protection of national and linguistic minorities (in Latvia — mostly Russian-speaking inhabitants)."

Whoever inserted this in needs to clarify _who_ sees this woman as a left centrist. She is (former) communist , remained active in the communist party and participated in an attempted communist coup against the Republic of Latvia; her movement to this day is allied with the most hardline of ex-communist parties (the Latvian Socialist Party) in Latvia. The view of her as a Russian chauvinist and enemy of Latvian independence is so universal; for international concurrence I would encourage you to refer to this http://www.projecttransitionaldemocracy.org/document.php?docid=197&regionid=24.

"annexation of Latvia"

This term appeared in the article, but it seems more appropriate to attribute the totalitarian regime of the internationally unrecognized so-called 'Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic' (1940-90) to the entire _occupation_ of the territory of the Republic of Latvia by the USSR rather than the mere acts of (illegal) annexation by the Soviet Union.

1. Former members of communist party are very many politicians of Latvia - in different parties, including "For Fatherland and Freedom"/LNNK. So what? The program of ForHRUL and ER is social democracy - left centrism.

2. Even the just and fair judicial power of contemporary Latvia did not accuse Ždanoka of participation in GKChP coup - this is the difference from Alfreds Rubiks, for example.

3. Ždanoka leads party "Equal Rights" - marxist Socialist Party of Latvia splitted from it (or vice versa) due to ideological difference in 1996. ER and SPL were allies in the ForHRUL coalition - not "to this day" but until 2003.

4. Your 1 link is only 1 point of view, not "view... universal". For example, Greens/EFA in the EP accept Ždanoka's views as normal. She got over 30 000 personal supporting votes at EP elections. Chauvinism? Ždanoka negates any kind of nationalism - and you did not name any point in ForHRUL or ER program which would give to Russians any advantage in comparison with Latvians (understandable - there is none).

5. The fact she was against concrete way of Latvia's development, which happened in 1991, doesn't mean her to be an enemy of Latvian independence as such. Popular views as such are not to be accepted in encyclopedia as true Wikipedia:NPOV. 217.198.224.13 00:57, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

6. LSSR was recognized, for example, by Sweden, and the socialist countries were also a big part of the international community. The regime of LSSR differed in time - LSSR in 1949, 1969 and 1989 were quite different.

7. Occupation is defined (Art. 42) in Hague convention respecting the laws and customs of war on land (1907) - you can see that events of 1940 do not accord to these definitions. 217.198.224.13 00:57, 7 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]