Miroslavs Mitrofanovs is the co-chair of the Latvian Russian Union political party along with Tatjana Zdanoka, the lawmaker accused of spying for Russia.

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    35 months ago

    The phrase “witch hunt” was later echoed by Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov in comments about the allegations against Zdanoka.

    I’m not entirely sure that having the spokesman for the entity that you’re supposed to be spying for jump in to defend you is necessarily the most-compelling argument that could be made for innocence.