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Four Saeima candidates have declared collaboration with USSR services
Four candidates for the 15th Saeima have indicated in their questionnaires published by the Central Election Commission (CVK) that they have collaborated with the security services, intelligence services, or counterintelligence services of the USSR, the Latvian SSR, or a foreign country, according to an analysis of candidate data conducted by LETA.
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