: :inin Kyiv (EET)

Russia accuses Latvia of ‘blatant censorship’ after Sputnik news site is shut down


A new skirmish in the European Union’s “information war” with Russia broke out Tuesday when Latvia shut down a local version of Sputnik, the Kremlin-backed news agency.
Russia’s foreign ministry condemned the move as “blatant censorship.”
Sputnik said Wednesday it had resumed providing news for Latvian audiences using a .com Internet domain name, which Latvia doesn’t control, in place of the suspended .lv address.
Latvia, with a sizeable minority of Russian speakers, is worried that the Kremlin wants to expand its influence in the Baltics. Its foreign ministry complained that the Sputnik site’s coverage of Ukraine was biased.
The site, which launched last month, …read more

Source: European Voice

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