The Latvian national Council for electronic media (SESMI) on Thursday decided to fine 3600 Euro 1st Baltic channel (PBK), which relays in Latvia 1st channel Russia, for filing a " one-sided, biased information " about the events in Ukraine.

As informs referring to SASMI, the Council clarified that When determining the amount of the penalty took into account the fact that the RBC is a transboundary channel and for the last time many times punished for such violations.

The radio station " Autoradio in Rezekne also must pay a fine of 700 Euro for filing one-sided, biased information " about the events in Ukraine.

" When determining the amount of the fine has taken into account the financial situation of the offender, that this Radio station not previously been fined and that " Autoradio in Rezekne " is a regional radio station broadcasting in a relatively small area, " he said in SASMI.

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