Latvia PM candidate avoids questions about father - LSM English

--> In Latvia, prime ministerial candidate Yulia Stepanenko refused to answer questions about the business and political connections of her father, Sergey Fedotov, who lives in the Russian Federation, an aggressor state. Latvian Television reported in an LSM English article that Fedotov hosted Viktor Bout, who was convicted in the United States of arms trafficking, at his enterprise.

Stepanenko heads the electoral list of the Sovereign Power/Union of New Latvians party and is its candidate for head of government ahead of the Saeima elections scheduled for early October. She declared two gifts from her father—money and real estate—with a total value of nearly €420,000. The politician did not explain the origin of these funds or disclose details about her father’s construction business.