Socialist Party of Latvia

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Socialist Party of Latvia Latvijas Sociālistiskā partija Социалистическая партия Латвии
Abbreviation	LSP
Leader	Vladimirs Frolovs
Founder	Filips Stroganovs
Founded	15 January 1994; 30 years ago (1994-01-15)[1]
Registered	14 March 1994; 30 years ago (1994-03-14)
Preceded by	Communist Party of Latvia
Headquarters	Citadeles iela 2, Riga
Newspaper	Latvijas Socialists
Ideology	Communism
Political position	Far-left
National affiliation	ForHRUL (2002–2005), Harmony Centre (2005–2010), Social Democratic Party "Harmony" (since 2010)
Regional affiliation	CPSU (2001)
European affiliation	INITIATIVE
International affiliation	IMCWP
European Parliament group	Non-Inscrits
Colours	Red
Saeima	0 / 100
European Parliament	0 / 8
Riga City Council	1 / 60
Website
socparty.lv
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The Socialist Party of Latvia (Latvian: Latvijas Sociālistiskā partija, abbr. LSP; Russian: Социалистическая партия Латвии) is a communist party in Latvia.^[2] It is positioned on the far-left on the political spectrum.^[3]

It was formed in 1994 as a successor party to the Communist Party of Latvia, which was banned in 1991. According to the "programme of the party", the LSP was founded as an organization upholding socialist ideas after the 1991 events that the party describes as a "counter-revolutionary bourgeois-nationalist coup".^[4]