Russian Foreign Ministry: the closure of Sputnik in Latvii- manifestation of blatant censorship – RIA Novosti

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MOSCOW, March 29 – RIA Novosti Closing Internet resource agency “Sputnik” in Latvia is discrimination and a manifestation of blatant censorship , said on Tuesday the Russian Foreign Ministry.

“Today the agency” Sputnik “was notified of the closure of its internet resources in national domain zone in Latvia. accused of violating the decision of the Council of the European Union concerning restrictive measures against the threat of territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine regard as groundless and politically motivated “, – stated in the commentary of the information Department Ministry of Foreign Affairs

it is noted that official Riga.” again with the tacit omission of the leading human rights organizations ignore their convention obligations to ensure media pluralism and freedom of speech “and continues the policy of” deliberate extrusion of the Russian mass media of Latvia. ”

“Such government action with regard to the news agency is another challenge to the European values ​​and democratic freedoms. We call on the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, as well as relevant international organizations to give a principled assessment of these discriminatory actions which, in fact, are nothing more than a a manifestation of blatant censorship “, – stated in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

Earlier Sputnik Latvia received an official notification of the closure of the resource in the domain zone.lv because of alleged violations of the EU Council Regulation concerning restrictive measures against the threat of territorial integrity. , sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. Sputnik Agency, in turn, states that no one point of the current legislation of Latvia and the EU are not infringed

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