Ideologically a catch-all grouping of centre-left[7] and left-wing[8] parties, the alliance also aimed to represent the interests of Russians in Latvia.

"[13] Ušakovs has emphasized that "no doubt Latvia was forcibly annexed by the Soviet Union and it was followed by brutal Stalinist regime crimes against Latvia and its people", but also believed it's important to say that Soviet regime ended when the then-Russian Federation’s army left the country, claiming that otherwise, certain politic forces could bring up "de-occupation" again.

[18] Urbanovičs blamed the Revolution of Dignity on what he believed were the "West's efforts to sabotage Russian plans for a Eurasian Customs Union" and called the Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation "a desperate measure on the part of Russia in order to prevent economic and military imbalance in the contact zone of Southeastern Europe between NATO and Russia", citing the precedent of Abrene County as a partial justification.

[19] Ušakovs has said he fully supports Ukrainian territorial integrity, "including Crimea",[20] but did not want to analyze who was to blame for what happened in Ukraine and called for an international investigation.

[22][23] On 4 March 2014, 28 Harmony Centre deputies voted against a resolution of the Saeima that strongly condemned Russia's military involvement and aggression in Ukraine.