The ban on exiled Russian network TV Dozhd (TV Rain) by Latvian authorities dashes optimistic beliefs one may have about freedom, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said. Latvia’s National Electronic Mass Media Council (NEPLP) revoked the channel’s license on Tuesday, citing violations in its coverage of the Ukraine conflict.

Latvia’s media regulator has revoked the broadcast license of the exiled liberal Russian network TV Dozhd (TV Rain) after an anchor claimed live on air that it had been helping the Russian military. The channel  has since said the anchor misspoke and promptly fired him.

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