INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Dutch authorities have actually granted a broadcasting license to exiled Russian news channel Dozhd following Latvias decision to revoke its
authorization over contested coverage of the Ukraine war.A short declaration on the Dutch Media Authoritys website published Dec
22 stated it grants permission to TVR Studios B.V
as an industrial media organization
The license permits the Dutch-registered minimal liability company to offer a business tv broadcasting service through a program channel
Broadcasting licenses in the Netherlands stand for five years and must be renewed 5 months before expiration.The declaration emerged as
Latvian and Russian reporters reported Monday that Dozhd had actually received a Dutch broadcasting license.Dozhd was among several
independent Russian media outlets that relocated to the Latvian capital of Riga after the Kremlin passed repressive wartime censorship laws
in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine
Latvias media regulator revoked Dozhds license in early December, half a year after first approving it, for posturing dangers to nationwide
security and social order, an accusation Dozhds editors contested
Rigas move followed a series of fines provided over the outlets protection of the war in Ukraine, along with a scandal over an anchor
calling the Russian Armed Forces our army on air.Latvia and the Netherlands are both members of NATO and the European Union
However Riga views Russia with more suspicion due to its 5 decades of Soviet rule, which Latvia and its fellow Baltic nations consider as an
occupation.Dozhd opened a broadcasting studio in Amsterdam in collaboration with The Moscow Times in the fall.
