Cable operator Latvia resumes broadcasting of TV channel " Russia-RTR "
Vadim Radionov. The largest cable operator Latvia Latteleñom Tuesday resumes broadcasting of TV channel " Russia-RTR ", which has been offline for 3 months upon decision of the National Council for electronic media of the Republic.
" Internet broadcasting Lattelecom Tuesday, 8 July, will again be available TV channel Russia-RTR, relay which on the square in Latvia was suspended for 3 months in accordance with the decision of the National Council for electronic media ", - told reporters the Commissioner Lattelecom public relations League Bit.
A three-month ban on retransmission of TV channel " Russia-RTR " in Latvia came in early April. The conclusion on suspension of broadcasting of the TV channel received the national Council for electronic media (NESMI). The members of the Board felt that the TV is not quite objectively reflects the situation in Ukraine.
the representative of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation on problems of human rights, democracy and the rule of law Konstantin Dolgov called the ban another attempt censoring " inconvenient information and infractions of the fundamental right to access to the media. Disabling the TV station also caused strong discontent buyers cable operators, who began to abandon cable TV services, and about of the Saeima of Latvia held a rally with a demand to restart broadcasting.