[11] Due to a national state of emergency caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and introduced on 9 November, that – among other things – put a temporary ban on gathering the 200 people needed to legally register a political party,[12][13] the party founding and registration was postponed.

[1] Among the over 500 co-founders attending the conference call[15] were the four Saeima deputies Aldis Gobzems, Karina Sprūde, Ļubova Švecova, and Jūlija Stepaņenko.

[21] Similarly to KPV, KuK was ideologically ambiguous while fielding relentless anti-elite rhetoric that tapped into the anti-vaccination and anti-lockdown movements that had spread across Latvia during the Covid-19 pandemic.

[7] He had in weeks leading up to the breakaway been criticized for encouraging people not vaccinated against COVID-19 to wear a yellow star, as he claims the government's alleged discrimination against non-vaccinated people is comparable to that of the Jews in Nazi Germany.

[24] With only the pandemic and an anti-elite message to draw on, Gobzems left the country around spring and resettled with his family in Spain.

Although he returned to campaign in the summer, his activity had diminished, and his party polled just 3.7% in the Saeima election.