Latvians vote today in an election that’s set to keep the ruling coalition at the helm of the Baltic nation as the conflict in Ukraine polarizes opinion and erodes support for the Russian-leaning opposition.
Voting stations open at 7 a.m. in the capital, Riga, and close at 8 p.m., when exit polls are due to be released. The governing alliance, led by Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma’s Unity party, is backed by about a third of the electorate, a 16-point lead over main rival Harmony, which caters to the Baltic nation’s Russian-speaking minority, the latest poll shows.
Harmony, which has ties to the Russian ruling party that was once led by President Vladimir Putin, is losing ground in its bid to govern, with Latviaone of the most vocal backers of European Union sanctions against its former Soviet master over the war in Ukraine’s east.
Latvians vote today in an election that’s set to keep the ruling coalition at the helm of the Baltic nation as the conflict in Ukraine polarizes opinion and erodes support for the Russian-leaning opposition.Voting stations open at 7 a.m. in the capital, Riga, and close at 8 p.m., when exit polls are due to be released. The governing alliance, led by Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma’s Unity party, is backed by about a third of the electorate, a 16-point lead over main rival Harmony, which caters to the Baltic nation’s Russian-speaking minority, the latest poll shows.Harmony, which has ties to the Russian ruling party that was once led by President Vladimir Putin, is losing ground in its bid to govern, with Latviaone of the most vocal backers of European Union sanctions against its former Soviet master over the war in Ukraine’s east.
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