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For the Native Language!

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Leader
  
Vladimir Linderman

Dissolved
  
2016

Political position
  
Far-left

Founded
  
2012

Headquarters
  
Riga

Ideology
  
Russian minority politics, National Bolshevism

For the Native language! (Russian: За родной язык!, Latvian: Par Dzimto Valodu!) was a political party in Latvia. The party's leader is Vladimir Linderman.

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History

In 2009, Latvian national-bolsheviks established the political party "The 13 January Movement". In 2011 Linderman was co-founder of an NGO called Native Language and initiated constitutional referendum in Latvia. In 2011, the "13 January Movement" joined forces with Osipovs Party. On 16 July 2012, The Register of Enterprises officially registered political party "For the Native Language!". In February 2016, a court decision to dissolve the party was upheld.

Political positions

For the Native Language! supports increased role for Russian language in education and public administration. It also supports changes in Latvian citizenship so that it would be awarded to a large number of non-citizens. Economically, "The 13 January Movement" supported socialism.

References

For the Native Language! Wikipedia