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Estonia: According to information from the Constitutional Protection Bureau’s Totalitarianism Legacy Documentation Center, newly elected Daugavpils City Council Member Boriss Ivanovs (Latgale Party) was a former Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic (SSR) KGB agent. The Totalitarianism Legacy Documentation Center carries out background checks of all candidates running in elections in Latvia. Constitutional Protection Bureau spokeswoman Iveta Maura confirmed to LETA that the Totalitarianism Legacy Documentation Center concluded on April 22 that Ivanovs does not conform with Local Government Election Law, as he is a former KGB agent. According to the law, a person who has worked in former Soviet KGB institutions cannot run for office in Latvia.
Posted on: Sat, 06 Jul 2013 20:11:15 +0000

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