According to the newspaper’s report, Dmitry Kiselev, director-general of the Rossiya Segodnya agency, and State Duma deputy Maria Butina, stood guard at the Latvian embassy and demanded the release of Sputnik Lithuania’s editor-in-chief, Marat Kasem. “To climb”.
Along with the TV presenter and politician, several people wearing medical masks went on strike with posters demanding the release of the journalist and an end to the persecution of the Russian media.
Former Human Rights Council of Russia (HRC) He insisted Marat Kasem, Sputnik’s editor-in-chief in Lithuania, was detained in Latvia after the UN, OSCE and Council of Europe intervened.
Latvian special services detained Kasem on suspicion of violating sanctions, Kasem came to Riga for family matters.
It was noted that the hearing was held on January 5th. The court chose detention as a preventive measure, Kasem was already transferred to the Central Prison in Riga.