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TV Dozhd (Rain) has been told by Latvia's media regulator it indispensable halt broadcasting connected 8 December
By Kathryn Armstrong
BBC News
Russia's past autarkic tv channel, TV Rain, has been unopen down successful Latvia aft little than 5 months connected air.
The channel, which is known arsenic Dozhd successful Russian, has been accused of showing contented that supports Moscow's penetration of Ukraine.
TV Rain has called the allegations "unfair and absurd" successful a station connected societal media.
It has been ordered to halt broadcasting connected 8 December.
TV Rain says it volition obey the bid but volition stay connected YouTube.
The National Electronic Media Council (NEPLP), Latvia's media regulator, has said the determination to revoke was taken "in transportation with threats to nationalist information and nationalist order."
The transmission was blocked successful Russia successful aboriginal March, conscionable days aft Moscow had invaded Ukraine.
Many employees past fled Russia, and aboriginal started enactment connected rebuilding Dozhd abroad. It is 1 of respective autarkic media outlets to person moved its operations retired of Russia oregon suspended them since the invasion.
Earlier this month, the NEPLP fined the transmission €10,000 (£8,613; $10,488) for displaying a representation successful which occupied Crimea was shown arsenic portion of Russia's territory.
It was besides censured for calling the Russian service "our army" successful a portion astir however to supply recruits with supplies. One of the broadcaster's hosts, Alexei Korostelyov, was fired arsenic a result.
The State Security Service (VDD) has been investigating the incidental and said it has repeatedly warned astir the "various risks emanating from Russia's alleged autarkic media relocating their enactment to Latvia".
The VDD said these risks see the imaginable connections of media representatives to Russian quality and information services, arsenic good arsenic the information posed if Moscow seeks to people Latvia arsenic portion of measures to power nationalist sentiment online and elsewhere.
Commenting connected its determination to revoke TV Rain's broadcasting licence, NEPLP added that it "was convinced that the absorption of TV Rain did not recognize the quality and gravity of each idiosyncratic infringement, nor of immoderate acceptable of infringements".
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