On April 10, 2024, the European Parliament sanctioned Tatjana Ždanoka, MP of the Latvian Russian Union party, for breaching the Parliament's code of conduct by failing to properly declare several public organizations in her financial interests. As a penalty, she will be barred from representing the Parliament at conferences, foreign visits, and other events until the current parliamentary term ends, and five days of daily allowances totaling EUR 1,750 will be withheld. Ždanoka claimed the penalty was unrelated to alleged cooperation with Russian intelligence and related only to inconsistent declaration filings. This sanction comes amid a criminal investigation by Latvia's State Security Service into her alleged cooperation with Russia's FSB, based on leaked emails indicating she reported activities and requested money since 2004, which she denies, characterizing contacts as personal ties rather than espionage.

On April 10, 2024, the European Parliament sanctioned Tatjana Ždanoka, MP of the Latvian Russian Union party, for breaching the Parliament's code of conduct by failing to properly declare several public organizations in her financial interests. As a penalty, she will be barred from representing the Parliament at conferences, foreign visits, and other events until the current parliamentary term ends, and five days of daily allowances totaling EUR 1,750 will be withheld. Ždanoka claimed the penalty was unrelated to alleged cooperation with Russian intelligence and related only to inconsistent declaration filings. This sanction comes amid a criminal investigation by Latvia's State Security Service into her alleged cooperation with Russia's FSB, based on leaked emails indicating she reported activities and requested money since 2004, which she denies, characterizing contacts as personal ties rather than espionage.