{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_gds6yzz35kr73jwxx3wq","title":"In Latvia, the rise of political parties close to Russia sparks concern ahead of parliamentary elections","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/in-latvia-the-rise-of-political-parties-close-to-russia-sparks-concern-gds6yzz35k","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_gds6yzz35kr73jwxx3wq","seq":1468955,"kind":"article","title":"In Latvia, the rise of political parties close to Russia sparks concern ahead of parliamentary elections","url":"https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/10/03/in-latvia-the-rise-of-political-parties-close-to-russia-sparks-concern-ahead-of-parliamentary-elections_6758205_4.html","summary":"As voting wraps up on Saturday, October 3, two populist parties are seeking to win over the Russian-speaking minority in the Baltic state. In Latvia, deep political disillusionment has created fertile ground for Russian propaganda.","published":"2026-10-03T02:32:17Z","seen":"2026-10-03T03:21:10Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"kite-lemonde-fr-0ab907","name":"lemonde.fr","domain":"lemonde.fr","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q12461","name":"Le Monde","type":"newspaper","country":"FR","designations":["daily newspaper","online newspaper"]}},"via":"kite-lemonde-fr-0ab907","topics":["europe"],"entities":[{"id":"Q211","name":"Latvia","type":"place"},{"id":"Q159","name":"Russia","type":"place"}],"image":"https://img.lemde.fr/2026/10/01/160/0/4000/2000/644/322/60/0/b3a1ef4_upload-1-gqbsunsgaxqw-jelgava-30092026-reinis-hofmanis-006-copy.jpg","story":"st_gds6yzz35kr73jwxx3wq","category":"politics","category_p":0.8799999952316284,"sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.5299999713897705,"political":0.9800000190734863}]}