Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, is not interested in the fate of the Dozhd TV channel, which is blocked in Latvia (the organization is included in the list of foreign agents by the Ministry of Justice) (in the Russian Federation it is recognized as a foreign media agent). It was stated TASS political assistant Oleg Osipov.
“Dmitry Anatolyevich is not interested in their fate, but if we recall the classic in the 18th century that coined the phrase “bad morality is valuable fruit” (this is DI Fonvizin’s “Undergrowth” – ed.), then the result is not surprising, ”- said Osipov.
According to him, this was influenced by “stupidity and arrogance defeating journalism”.
“There were foreign agents falling over the cordon, they were left homeless,” Osipov added.
Latvian National Electronic Media Council 6 December decided to revoke the license For the broadcast of the Dozhd TV channel (the organization is included in the list of foreign agents by the Ministry of Justice) “due to the threat to national security and public order”. Reporters Without Borders stood up for Dozhd, but that didn’t help.
TV channel issues started At the beginning of December. There were three reasons for the claims of the Latvian authorities. In the first case, the TV channel showed the map of the Russian Federation, including the Crimea, and in the second case, a reservation from the presenter Alexei Korostelev, who said live that Dozhd was helping Russian soldiers. Baltijas Balss broadcast also reported that the broadcast of the TV channel may be suspended due to the lack of an audio track in the national language.
In 2011, then-Russian President Medvedev visited Dozhd TV at its facilities during the Red October in Moscow.
Source: Gazeta
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