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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.

Mercedes, BMW, and other European carmakers will likely “fade into history” within the next decade, Maksim Oreshkin has warned China is rapidly gaining market capitalization in the global automobile sector, while European carmakers are losing competitiveness, Maksim Oreshkin, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s top economic adviser, told Expert magazine in an interview published on Tuesday.