Latvia’s Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau (KNAB) has opened an administrative inquiry into financial gifts that Julija Stepanenko, leader of the pro-Russian opposition party, Sovereign Power, received from her father, Russian businessman Sergey Fedotov, Baltic News Network reports. Earlier, Stepanenko declared having received EUR 420,000 in gifts from her father, whose company has supplied equipment for the Russian Armed Forces, The Insider reported. Fedotov has served as a municipal councillor in Solnechnogorsk in the Moscow region and has had contacts with the Russian arms dealer, Viktor Bout. Meanwhile, Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braze has banned Fedotov from entering Latvia indefinitely, LETA reports.
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