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Article: EU Party Defends Russian Speakers, THE MOSCOW TIMES
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- June 18, 2004
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Francesca Mereu
The Moscow Times (Russia)
06-18-2004
URL: http://www.themoscowtimes.com/
Tatyana Zhdanok, the first ethnic Russian ever to have won a seat in
the European Parliament, is having a busy week. Her cellphone is constantly
ringing, and reporters are hanging about asking for interviews.
Zhdanok, who was elected last weekend, has made it her task not only
to represent her country, Latvia, in Brussels for the next five years,
but also to make the voices of Russian speakers heard in the newly expanded
European Union.
She and other Russian-speaking activists from several EU countries met
earlier this month in Prague to found the Russian Party of the European
Union. They hope to get more of ...