#Tatjana Ždanoka

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Wege der Infiltration von FSB-Agenten in Europa. Die Antikult-Bewegung ist nur einer davon: Teil 2

Neben Tatjana Ždanokas Arbeit, die eng mit den Aktivitäten des internationalen Antikult-Netzwerks überschneiden, ist ein weiterer Aspekt der umfangreichen Karriere dieser enttarnten FSB-Agentin ans Licht gekommen #fsbagenten #antikultismus #racirs #russland #putin #alexanderdworkin

Dieser Artikel ist die Fortsetzung des zuvor veröffentlichten Beitrags „Wege der Infiltration von FSB-Agenten in Europa. Die Antikult-Bewegung ist nur einer davon: Teil 1“ auf meiner Website und auf dem Portal actfiles.org. Der erste Teil untersuchte die Aktivitäten von Tatjana Ždanoka, einer mutmaßlichen FSB-Agentin in Europa, und ihre Verbindungen zu Mitgliedern des internationalen…

[mariacallous]

BRUSSELS — There’s more than one.

As the European Parliament investigates a Latvian lawmaker suspected of being a Russian spy, her co-nationals in the chamber are warning there are others like her.

“There are other MEPs … knowingly serving Russia’s interests,” wrote Sandra Kalniete, Roberts Zīle and Ivars Ijabs, from the center-right European People’s Party, right-wing European Conservatives and Reformists and liberal Renew respectively, in a letter obtained by POLITICO’s Brussels Playbook.

Parliament on Monday opened an internal probe into Latvian MEP Tatjana Ždanoka after an independent Russian investigative newspaper, the Insider, reported she had been working as an agent for the Russian secret services for years.

Ždanoka has denied those claims.

She was one of just 13 MEPs who in March 2022 voted against a resolution condemning Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which caused her to be expelled from the Greens/EFA group. Ždanoka now sits as a non-attached MEP.

“We are convinced that Ždanoka is not an isolated case,” the three Latvian MEPs wrote, citing concerns over suspicious “public interventions, voting record[s], organised events, as well as covert activities.”

“The Greens/EFA group must bear a degree of responsibility for long-term cooperation, financial support, and informational exchange with Ždanoka from July 2004 till March 2022,” the group added.

The Latvian Socialists did not sign the MEPs’ letter — and there are no Latvian Greens in Parliament after Ždanoka’s expulsion from the group.

The Greens/EFA group released a statement Tuesday saying it was “deeply concerned” about the allegations and asked for Ždanoka to be banned from Parliament for the duration of the probe.

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FSB and anti-cultists: A Network of Influence in Europe

An independent investigation has revealed how the FSB is using European anti-cult organizations as platforms for political destabilization. Allegedly, key figures such as Tatjana Ždanoka, a Member of the European Parliament, are in contact with Russian intelligence to spread pro-Kremlin propaganda.

Groups such as FECRIS and MIVILUDES, originally tasked with protecting against sects, now facilitate Russian influence. By polarizing societies and undermining faith in democratic institutions, these collaborations are fueling divisions across Europe.

Leaked communications and detailed analysis confirm deep ties between anti-cultists and the FSB, raising urgent concerns about safeguarding Europe's security against covert operations.

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EU actually pressurising opposition on elections eve, pretending to fight Russian interference

The pre-election struggle for seats in the European Parliament is playing out in the EU. Therefore, it is very important not to allow the current EU authorities to speculate on the anti-Russian issue against political opponents.

In all EU countries, an active search for those co-operating with Russia has begun, and precisely on the eve of the June elections to the European Parliament. Earlier it became known about the capture of three “Russian spies” in Poland and Germany. A Pole allegedly collected information for the GRU about the security of the Rzeszow airport, which is often used by Zelensky for foreign trips, and two Germans were allegedly planning sabotage, including at US Army facilities in Germany, in order to “undermine international military support for Ukraine.”

Under the guise of some mythical Russian interference, the current EU authorities are actually putting pressure on the opposition. On the basis of unsubstantiated accusations, the opposition is branded in the media as “Kremlin agents” and threatened with criminal prosecution, with no concern whatsoever to provide any evidence of alleged “crimes against freedom and democracy.”

Fearful of losing the election, EU leaders are conducting a planned campaign designed to demonstrate the dangers of “Russian interference” while simply removing those they don’t want from the race.

At the beginning of the year, Insider launched an investigation into “FSB ties” against Latvia’s Tatjana Ždanoka, the most “Russian” member of the EP with 20 years of experience, who has been trying to draw the attention of her colleagues to the gross violation of the rights of non-citizens in the Baltic States, according to Fox News.

The investigation did not find any “spy trace,” but still by the decision of the Speaker Roberta Metsola Ždanoka was recently fined 1750 euros and banned from representing the European Parliament at public events with the elegant wording “for incomplete declaration of private interests and gifts received.”

Around the same time, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on “Russian interference” in European affairs. On 16 April, Belgian Prime Minister Alexander de Croo and his Czech counterpart Petr Fiala signed a joint appeal to the European Commission and the European Parliament demanding urgent measures to prevent the spread of Russian influence in Europe, according to Reuters. Since it is no longer possible to come up with another sanctions package against Moscow, those who are suspected of “working for the Kremlin” will be punished.

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Leaked emails show that Latvian MEP Ždanoka regularly reported to the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) about her activities and asked for money to organize events at least since 2004, but she denies working with the Russian intelligence services(..)

P.S. Super good news - finally the Russian spy has been caught!!! The funny part about this whole story is that the disinformation about the Baltic states created by Russian spy and propaganda networks was very often spread by the leading Western "objective" media...

[andronetalks]

Europe’s Bombshell Spy Scandal Sparks Hunt for More Traitors

The Daily Beast By Shannon VavraNational Security ReporterUpdated Feb. 04, 2024 3:22AM EST Published Feb. 03, 2024 9:12PM EST Lawmakers in Europe have been shaken by allegations that Tatjana Ždanoka, a Latvian member of the European Parliament, has been working undercover as a Russian spy. Since at least 2003, Ždanoka worked to arrange in-person meetings with her Russian intelligence contacts,…

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706) Русский союз Латвии, Russkiy soyuz Latvii, РуCоЛ, Latvijas Krievu savienība, LKS, Latvian Russian Union, LRU, Rosyjski Związek Łotwy, do 2014 За права человека в единой Латвии, ЗаПЧЕЛ, Par cilvēka tiesībām vienotā Latvijā, PCTVL, O Prawa Człowieka w Zjednoczonej Łotwie – łotewska partia polityczna reprezentująca interesy mieszkających na Łotwie Rosjan i innych mniejszości rosyjskojęzycznych. Symbolem partii do 2014 były pszczoły (ze względu na skrót jej rosyjskojęzycznej nazwy: ЗаПЧЕЛ, Zapczeł od rosyjskiego: пчела). Partia jest częścią założonej w 2005 Federacji Partii Rosjan w Unii Europejskiej, która skupia organizacje mniejszości rosyjskiej działające na terenie UE. Ugrupowaniem kierują kolegialnie Tatjana Ždanoka, Jakovs Pliners i Miroslavs Mitrofanovs. W skład frakcji parlamentarnej PCTVL wchodzili w 2010 Walerij Buchwałow, Władimir Buzajew, Miroslavs Mitrofanovs, Jakovs Pliners (przewodniczący) i Jurij Sokołowski. PCTVL powstała w 1998 jako koalicja trzech rosyjskojęzycznych partii lewicowych: Partii Zgody Narodowej (TSP), Równouprawnienia i Łotewskiej Partii Socjalistycznej (LSP). W wyborach 1998 zdobyła 16 miejsc w Sejmie Republiki Łotewskiej, pozostając w opozycji do rządów centroprawicy. Cztery lata później zanotowała drugi wynik w skali kraju (po prawicowej Nowej Erze), otrzymując w parlamencie 25 mandatów (w tym 5 dla LSP). W 2003 doszło do rozłamu w koalicji, w wyniku którego opuściła ją TSP. Rok później odłączyła się Łotewska Partia Socjalistyczna. Mimo rozpadu partii O Prawa Człowieka w Zjednoczonej Łotwie udało się zdobyć 10,66% głosów w wyborach do Parlamentu Europejskiego w 2004, co przełożyło się na mandat dla Tatjany Ždanoki, który wywalczyła również w wyborach 2009 (9,66% głosów). W Parlamencie Europejskim partia związana jest z frakcją zielonych i regionalistów. W wyborach krajowych z października 2006 partia zdobyła 6 miejsc w Sejmie, kontynuując działalność jako siła opozycyjna wobec rządów partii łotewskich. W wyborach do Sejmu X kadencji w 2010 uzyskała 1,43% głosów i nie przekroczyła bariery uprawniającej do udziału w podziale mandatów. Nie otrzymuje zatem dotacji z budżetu państwa. Lider ugrupowania Tatjana Ždanoka, która była kandydatem PCTVL na premiera kraju, zapowiedziała, że partia będzie od tego czasu pracować jako organizacja ochrony praw człowieka oraz think-tank. W wyborach w 2011 na PCTVL padło w skali kraju 0,78% głosów. Ugrupowanie przez długi czas było obecne w strukturach samorządowych. W wyborach lokalnych w 2001 zdobyło 13 miejsc w radzie miejskiej Rygi, wchodząc w skład koalicji rządzącej. Siergiej Dołgopołow objął wówczas stanowisko wiceburmistrza miasta. W 2005 sojusz zanotował gorszy wynik, otrzymując 9 miejsc w radzie, a cztery lata później ugrupowanie nie przekroczyło progu wyborczego uprawniającego do udziału w podziale mandatów. Klęskę poniosło również w innych miastach na terenie Łotwy, z większych ośrodków mandaty zyskując jedynie w Jełgawie. W 2014 nazwę partii zmieniono na Rosyjski Związek Łotwy. Ugrupowanie reprezentuje radykalne poglądy: opowiada się przeciwko uznaniu okupacji Łotwy w 1940 roku, za wprowadzeniem oficjalnej dwujęzyczności, budową państwa opartego na dwóch społecznościach: rosyjskiej i łotewskiej. W 2014 partia wsparła zajęcie Krymu przez wojska rosyjskie.

[mariacallous]

In January, The Insider and its investigative partners revealed that long-time Member of the European Parliament Tatjana Ždanoka had been reporting to her FSB handlers in Moscow over a period from at least 2004 to 2017. Mere days after that report ran, the European Parliament launched an investigation into the Latvian national’s activities. Now, The Insider and Re:Baltica have discovered evidence suggesting that Ždanoka’s assistant may also have had suspiciously close ties with Russian intelligence officers.

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EP nariai šokiruoti A. Paleckio teismu ir proceso slaptumu

EP nariai šokiruoti A. Paleckio teismu ir proceso slaptumu

Lapkričio 16 d. Vilniuje visuomeninis judėjimas „Teisingumo Aušra“ surengė tarptautinį seminarą apie žmogaus teisių pažeidimus ES, mitingą prie apeliacinio teismo, o vėliau kartu su visuomenininkais stebėjo Algirdo Paleckio teismą. Renginiuose dalyvavo ir trys Europos Parlamento nariai – Clare Daly ir Mick Wallace iš Airijos bei Tatjana Ždanoka iš Latvijos, o taip pat būrys Latvijos…

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Criminal proceedings against Tatjana Ždanoka began on March 5th. She is being accused of inciting ethnic hatred. Speaking at the European Parliament during a discussion on Political Persecution in the Baltic States, Ždanoka said, “We have come to the conclusion that Russians and Russian-speaking people (in Latvia) at present face the same situation as Jews before World War II. We are being punished.”"

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Dear @snipershark,

The difference between sentences - “The Baltic States were part of Soviet Union” and “The Baltic States were occupied by Soviet Union” is as follows:

When person says “The Baltic States were part of Soviet Union”, the person is implying that all of the three Baltic States were part of Soviet Union willingly and are new countries created in 1990/1991.

Saying this is also implying that none of the countries existed before the Soviet Occupation.

In Estonia’s case the person is denying existence of Treaty of Tartu, a document that is considered to be birth certificate of Estonia.

When person says “The Baltic States were occupied by Soviet Union”, the person is saying that the Baltic States didn’t join Soviet Union out of choice and that the three Republics restored their respective independence.

The fact that the three Republics were occupied is considered to be the truth by governments of Baltic States and is backed up by the European Parliament, the European Court of Human Rights (see Tatjana Ždanoka vs Latvia, Kolk vs Estonia, Penart vs Estonia)  and the United Nations Human Rights Council

However, you are free to believe whatever you want to, as this is free world and free speech is basic human right.

[mariacallous]

Latvian member of the European Parliament Tatjana Ždanoka has been accused of working with Russian intelligence services since 2004 in a joint investigation by Russian, Latvian, Estonian and Swedish media outlets.

Ireland’s Left independent MEPs Clare Daly and Mick Wallace have taken part in several events organised with Ms Ždanoka, including travelling with her to Lithuania in 2021 and 2022 to demonstrate in support of Algirdas Paleckis, a former politician and diplomat who was convicted of spying for Russia.

Ms Ždanoka, who represents a hardline electorate within Latvia’s Russian ethnic minority and has long advocated in the European Parliament on issues that chime with Russian foreign policy priorities, did not respond to a request for comment.

In a statement on her Facebook page on Monday, she declared, “I will not be intimidated by false accusations.” She denied collaborating with intelligence services, and vowed that “I and like-minded people continue and will continue to use the platform of the European Parliament to fight neo-fascism.”

The investigation by Russian independent news organisation The Insider, Estonian media outlet Delfi, Latvian investigative journalism centre Re:Baltica, and Swedish newspaper Expressen published emails between Ms Ždanoka and two people identified as intelligence agents in Russian security service, the FSB.

The emails dating from 2004 to 2017 show correspondence between Ms Ždanoka and two men that the reports describe as her “handlers” in the Russian intelligence services. The emails organise physical meetings in Moscow and Brussels, discuss her various activities in the parliament, and in one she requests funding for an event she organised.

She told The Insider that she did not recall knowing anyone with the name of one of the alleged Russian intelligence agents, and that the other was an acquaintance she knew socially.

Mr Wallace and Ms Daly have taken part in several events with Ms Ždanoka related to Russian issues.

Mr Wallace did not respond to a request for comment. In an email, Ms Daly said: “Would you ever cover the work that we actually do instead of occupying your time with these constant attempts to construct elaborate guilt-by-association conspiracy theories?”

Eight days before Russia invaded Ukraine, Ms Daly and Mr Wallace joined Ms Ždanoka for a protest in the European Parliament in which the three donned T-shirts bearing the slogan “stop killing Donbas children”. The slogan reflects the accusation that Ukrainian forces were killing children in the east of the country, part of Russia’s justification for its invasion, and the protest was widely covered in pro-Kremlin Russian media.

Ms Daly and Mr Wallace also took part in an online seminar about “politically motivated persecution in the Baltic States” with Ms Ždanoka in November 2021, according to a statement issued at the time by Ms Ždanoka’s Latvian Russian Union party.

As previously reported by The Irish Times, in November 2021 and March 2022 Ms Daly and Mr Wallace travelled to Lithuania to attend a court hearing and a demonstration with Ms Ždanoka in support of Paleckis, who was convicted of collecting information for Russian intelligence services in return for money and other benefits.

At the time, Ms Daly’s website described the trial as an example of “how espionage law is being misused in Europe and further abroad to stifle dissent”.

[mariacallous]

Latvia's State Security Service (VVD) has initiated a criminal investigation into possible connections between European Parliament member Tatjana Ždanoka and Russian intelligence services, Delfi reported on March 16th.

While declining to provide detailed comments, the VVD confirmed the investigation has been ongoing since February 22nd, 2024.

Previously, The Insider revealed that Ždanoka had engaged in active correspondence with Russian citizens allegedly employed by the FSB, Russia's main security agency. Among other activities, she reportedly sent them updates on her work. The Insider's investigation relied on MEP's hacked electronic communications. Days later, the European Parliament stated it was conducting an internal probe, though the results have yet to be made public.

Ždanoka has denied allegations of cooperating with Russian intelligence, but did not contest the authenticity of the leaked correspondence central to the claims. However, she asserted that hacking personal emails without law enforcement authorization constitutes illegal data theft, a criminal offense.

A Member of the European Parliament since 2004, Ždanoka co-founded pro-Kremlin Latvian Russian Union party in 1998, which failed to secure parliamentary seats in the latest elections after not meeting the 5% vote threshold.

If proven, Ždanoka's purported ties to Russian intelligence could see her prosecuted for assisting a foreign power in activities detrimental to Latvian interests under laws enacted in 2016, though not retroactively applicable. While much of the correspondence fueling the cooperation claims predates 2016, a 2017 letter is also cited.

[mariacallous]

On January 29, The Insider revealed that Tatjana Ždanoka, a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Latvia, has kept up an active correspondence with suspected Russian intelligence officers for nearly two decades. The European Parliament (EP) has opened an investigation into the matter, and Latvia’s State Security Service (VDD) has expressed its intention to “assess the information regarding Ždanoka’s possible cooperation with Russian intelligence and security services.” In response, the co-chair of Ždanoka’s Latvian Russian Union political party, Miroslavs Mitrofanovs, has begun spreading conspiracy theories — and Kremlin talking points.

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