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OSCE Following Case of Rossiya Segodnya Registration Denial in Latvia

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The Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media is following the case of the refusal of Riga’s authorities to register Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency’s office in the country, according to OSCE representative Gunnar Vrang.

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Rossiya Segodnya to Appeal Latvian Agency Refusal in Court
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media is watching the refusal of Riga’s authorities to register Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency’s office in the country, a representative of the organization said Friday.

In late August, Latvia refused an application to register Rossiya Segodnya's news bureau in the country. On Thursday, Chief Notary of Latvia’s Register of Enterprises Guna Paidere decided to uphold the decision, saying it was motivated by the fact that the media outlet's editorial line does not comply with the Constitution of Latvia and the official position of the government.

“The Representative's Office is following the case,” Gunnar Vrang told RIA Novosti.

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Latvia Turned Away Rossiya Segodnya due to Russophobia
Earlier on Friday, Rossiya Segodnya Agency’s officials said that the organization was ready to appeal to European judicial bodies should Latvia’s court uphold the refusal to register the agency’s office in the Baltic state.

Agency's Director General Dmitry Kiselev said the motivation of the Latvian side was absurd and similar to censorship.

Officials from Russia's parliament and the foreign ministry criticized Riga’s decision to refuse the registration of the Rossiya Segodnya's news bureau and called it politicized and discriminatory.

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