Russian diplomats have issued a stark warning over freedom of speech in Latvia after the Baltic nation, a member of the EU and NATO, banned one of the country’s television news channels from broadcasting within its borders.
On Monday, Ivars Abolins, the chairman of Latvia’s National Council for Electronic Media (NEPLP), issued a statement saying that retransmission of the Rossiya RTR channel would be banned from the airwaves for at least a year. “We have protected, are protecting, and will protect our information space,” he said. Regulators have claimed that talk show guests incited hatred and called for war in Europe.
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