Moscow hopes that international structures, as well as among them Authorized the OSCE will pay attention to the neglect of Latvia to the media, told in the press service of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. "On October 22, the national Council of electronic mass media of Latvia has decided to fine the Russian 1st Baltic channel for Like "one-sided" coverage of the events in Ukraine ", - reported in the report on the Internet office of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. As emphasized in the Ministry, " the use of repressive measures against the media demonstrates, which in practice are demagogic statements of the Latvian authorities on adherence to democratic values, freedom of speech and expression ". In the capital of Russia hope that the " neglect of Riga to the fundamental principles of mass media activities will not go unnoticed by the international specialized structures, such as the OSCE representative on freedom of the media ".