Latvian National Independence Movement

[2] Unlike the mainstream Latvian Popular Front, which had supported more autonomy for Latvia within the Soviet Union, LNNK insisted on independence from its beginning.

The leaders of LNNK included Eduards Berklavs, Aleksandrs Kiršteins, Andrejs Krastiņš, Einars Repše and Juris Dobelis.

LNNK won the municipal election in the Latvian capital, Riga in 1994 but its popularity quickly faded after that.

It lost half of its seats in the parliament in the 1995 parliamentary election and eventually merged with Tēvzemei un Brīvībai (For Fatherland and Freedom) in 1997, another right-wing party with similar origins in the Latvian independence movement.

After entering into an alliance with For Fatherland and Freedom, the party increasingly sought to propagate a particularly 'Latvian' vision for Latvia as highlighted by a series of controversial adverts encouraging the consumption of Latvian goods, and warning of the dangers of non-Latvians.