[6][7] In February 2016, the Kurzeme District Court of Riga decided to liquidate the party following a lawsuit filed by the Corruption Prevention and Combating Bureau.

[8] During the 2012 Latvian constitutional referendum, 273,347 people voted in favor of the Russian language, but this was not enough to pass the proposed amendments.

The ex-president's defense insisted that Vike-Freiberga did not slander Linderman, but "expressed an opinion" that cannot be punished in a civil case.

The trial in the Riga Central District Court was notable for the fact that Linderman's lawyer, Girs, appeared at the hearing in a jacket with an October star on the lapel and the USSR coat of arms on the buttons.

In the summer of 2012, a statement was published on the website of the Latvian Ministry of Justice, in which Minister Jānis Bordāns called the party its leaders a "direct threat to democracy", accusing them of "inciting hatred and unconstitutional activities".

In 2012, the party organized a scientific conference titled "Autonomy of Latgale: Political, Legal, Economic, Historical, and Cultural Aspects."

Illarion Girs, giving an explanation of the case, referred to the resolution of the Parliamentary Assembly of The Council of Europe, which states that autonomy is not a form of separatism, but an optimal form of resolving interethnic conflicts, which should be resolved on the basis of the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities.