Latvia has stripped the independent Russian TV channel Dozhd of its licence following suspicions it was helping Russia in its war against Ukraine, Latvian public broadcaster LSM reported on Tuesday.
The Latvian National Electronic Mass Media Council (NEPLP) decided to cancel the broadcasting licence for the Russian TV channel for its threat to national security and public order, said Ivars Āboliņš, chairman of NEPLP.
Last week, NEPLP fined Dozhd 10,000 euros for displaying a map marking the occupied Crimea as Russian territory and for calling the Russian army “our army”. The TV segment in question also mentioned how viewers could help provide Russian troops with supplies and equipment.
At the beginning of June, Dozhd received permission from NELP to broadcast from a studio in Riga. Back in March, the TV channel suspended its operation in Russia, and many of its staff left the country due to the Russian law on the dissemination of fake news.
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