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Socialist Party of Latvia Latvijas Sociālistiskā partija Социалистическая партия Латвии | |
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| Abbreviation | LSP |
| Leader | Vladimirs Frolovs |
| Founder | Filips Stroganovs |
| Founded | 15 January 1994[1] |
| Registered | 14 March 1994 |
| Preceded by | Communist Party of Latvia |
| Headquarters | Citadeles iela 2, Riga |
| Newspaper | Latvijas Socialists |
| Ideology | Communism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| National affiliation | ForHRUL (2002–2005), Harmony Centre (2005–2010), Social Democratic Party "Harmony" (since 2010) |
| Regional affiliation | CPSU (2001) |
| European affiliation | INITIATIVE |
| European Parliament group | Non-Inscrits |
| International affiliation | IMCWP |
| Colours | Red |
| Saeima | 0 / 100 |
| European Parliament | 0 / 8 |
| Riga City Council | 1 / 60 |
| Website | |
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The Socialist Party of Latvia (Latvian: Latvijas Sociālistiskā partija, abbr. LSP; Russian: Социалистическая партия Латвии) is a communist party in Latvia.[2] It is positioned on the far-left on the political spectrum.[3]
It was formed in 1994 as a successor party to the Communist Party of Latvia, which was banned in 1991. According to the "programme of the party", the LSP was founded as an organization upholding socialist ideas after the 1991 events that the party describes as a "counter-revolutionary bourgeois-nationalist coup".[4]
- ^ "История партии". socparty.lv. Archived from the original on 2021-12-01. Retrieved 2021-03-11.
- ^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2011). "Latvia". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013.
- ^ March, Luke (2008). Contemporary Far Left Parties in Europe (PDF). Berlin: Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. p. 3. ISBN 978-3-86872-000-6.
- ^ http://www.latsocpartija.lv/userfiles/LSP%20programma%202005%20RU%281%29.pdf [dead link]