A member of the Latvian Sejm, Andrey Pagor, received a written warning for a Russian-language video on TikTok.
The video was shot on November 3 in the parliament hall, when Fagor had not yet taken the oath of office. He said he wanted to tell voters about the plans for the meeting.
Speaker of Parliament Edwards Smiltens called it a sign of disrespect for the oath. The ethics committee determined that the deputy violated section 18 of the code, which requires the use of only the state language in the territories of the sejms.
Since May 2025, the use of foreign languages in the working premises of the Latvian Parliament is considered illegal.