Latvian PM Leads Polls despite shift toward pro-Kremlin foes

The election takes place in the Baltic state with the largest Russian minority, where economic hardship in border cities such as Daugavpils has increased support for pro-Kremlin figures like Ainārs Šlesers. Despite domestic dissatisfaction and tensions with Russia, the outcome is not expected to shift the nation away from its pro-European and pro-Ukrainian foreign policy alignment.