songs for children Popular songs in Russian "Million Roses" ("") by Alla Pugacheva "" ("") by Alla Pugacheva "Maestro" ("") by Alla Pugacheva "" ("") by Alla Pugacheva "" ("") by Alla Pugacheva "" ("") by Alla Pugacheva "" ("") by Alla Pugacheva "Zeleni svet" ("") by Valery Leontiev "Ischezli Solnechnie Dni" ("") by Valery Leontiev "" ("") by Valery Leontiev "" ("") by Valery Leontiev "" ("") by Valery Leontiev "" ("") by Valery Leontiev "" ("") by Valery Leontiev "" ("") by Valery Leontiev "" ("") by Valery Leontiev or Andrei Mironov "'" ("") by Valery Leontiev "" ("") by Valery Leontiev "" ("") by Valery Leontiev and Laima Vaikule "" ("") by Laima Vaikule "" ("") by Laima Vaikule "" ("") by Laima Vaikule "" ("") by Laima Vaikule "" ("") by Laima Vaikule "" ("") by Jaak Joala "" ("") by Jaak Joala "" ("") by Larisa Mondrus "" ("") by Roza Rymbayeva "" ("") by Nikolai Gnatyk Popular songs in Latvian "To my Fatherland" ("") by Viktors Lapčenoks (co-composed with Jānis Peters) Recordings Dialogue, album with Valery Leontiev (1984) Velvet season, album with Valery Leontiev (1986) Politics Raimonds Pauls was a member of the Supreme Soviet of the Latvian SSR and served as Minister of Culture in the Latvian government from 1988 to 1993. In 1993 he became an advisor to the President of Latvia. In 1998, he was elected a Member of the Saeima, the Latvian parliament, initially as leader of the New Party. Before the 2002 elections he joined the People's Party and was elected on its party list in 2002 and 2006. Pauls ran in the 1999 presidential election and received the highest number of votes, but below the required majority. He chose to decline the post. After Latvia re-established independence, Pauls continued his musical work, most notably working with , the most popular children's group in Latvia at the time. In 1996, he went on a tour with singer Laima Vaikule, which included concert locations in Moscow, Saint Petersburg and New York City. Works As of 2004, Pauls has composed music for six musical films and musical theaters, three ballets and over 50 movies and theater performances. CDs with Pauls' music have been released in several countries outside Latvia, including Russia, Finland and Japan. In 2006 he recorded a double album of jazz music, My Favourite Melodies/So Many Stars – a