Alliance of Young Latvians (Latvian: Apvienība Jaunlatvieši, AJ) is a populist Latvian political party founded on February 11, 2023.Informācija par politisko partiju biedru skaitu. 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". The party had one member of the Saeima, former member of For Stability! Glorija Grevcova.
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.
History
In the 2024 elections to the European Parliament, the party fielded the Russophone homemaker Olga Čerņavska (), who previously had not been active in politics. In the campaigning period, Latvia's State Security Service investigated her statements that were considered to be anti-Latvian and pro-Russian. In mid-June 2024, she defected to Belarus, claiming 'electoral falsification' and 'death threats.'Ольга Чернявская рассказала, как проходили выборы в Европарламент - подробности в "Актуальном интервью". 2024. BT. 13 Jun. The propaganda of the regime of Alexander Lukashenko has used her to publish content that attacks Latvian government and other institutions by using pro-Russian narratives (which is similar to the case of the Polish judge Tomasz Szmydt who defected to Belarus in May 2024).Кандидат в депутаты Европарламента от Латвии: закрывают школы, почты, но есть деньги на Украину. 2024. BelTA. 16 Jun.
In Belarus, Čerņavska joined former COVID-19 misinformation activist Romāns Samuļs ().ОЛЬГА ЧЕРНЯВСКАЯ: "В ЛАТВИИ МЕНЯ АРЕСТУЮТ ЗА МОИ ВЗГЛЯДЫ - VDD!". 2024. Роман Самуль / ПРАВДА ТВ. 15 Jun. He had defected from Latvia to Belarus in 2022,Меня могли убить или посадить. Латыш рассказал, почему покинул свою страну и переехал в Беларусь. 2023. BelTA. 28 May. after having failed to win a mandate to the Latvian Parliament. In Belarus, Samul acts as a leader of a group of disillusioned Russophones from Latvia for the sake of anti-Latvian propaganda.Латыши Беларуси.МИНСК 2 ГЛАЗАМИ БЕЖЕНЦА ИЗ ЛАТВИИ. 2023. Romans Samuls.
For the 2025 municipal elections, AJ formed an alliance with the Sovereign Power party, with other parties including the Latvian Russian Union also being represented.
Election results European Parliament elections Election List leader Votes % Seats +/– EP Group 2024 Rūdolfs Brēmanis 11,067 2.15 (#10) New –
References
External links Official website