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Latvia revokes licence for exiled Russian TV channel

For a series of violations

06 December, 09:40
(ANSA-AFP) - RIGA, DEC 6 - Latvia said Tuesday it was revoking the broadcast licence for exiled Russian independent channel Dozhd (Rain) for a series of violations including showing the Crimea peninsula annexed from Ukraine as part of Russia. "TV Rain will stop broadcasting on December 8," Ivars Abolins, head of the Latvian National Electronic Mass Media Council said on Twitter, adding: "The laws of Latvia must be respected by everyone". (ANSA-AFP).

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