# Latvia: Parliament under fire for speaking Russian New member of parliament Andrej Pagor risks an ethics review by the Latvian parliament's ethics committee after posting a short video in Russian. He simply described his first day at Symes: "The start of work at 10:00, the swearing in of elected officials and the election of the presidency." The member of parliament claims that he is not aware that the use of Russian is prohibited in this context. According to the presidency of the parliament, its publication contradicts the code of ethics, which requires the use of Latvian in parliamentary premises, including addressing the population. RT in French dare to ask.