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• Research claims that TV programmes in Russian face discriminatory restrictions in Latvia

The research conducted by the Open Society Institute on TV programmes aired in Europe argues that there are discriminatory restrictions on TV programmes in the Russian language in Latvia. The research discuss the strict legal norms regulating the use of languages on public TV channels and notes “language restrictions are paradoxical considering that due to a high number of Russians in Latvia advertisers are very interested in TV programmes in Russian.”

The research conducted by the Open Society Institute on TV programmes aired in Europe argues that there are discriminatory restrictions on TV programmes in the Russian language in Latvia. The research discuss the strict legal norms regulating the use of languages on public TV channels and notes language restrictions are paradoxical considering that due to a high number of Russians in Latvia advertisers are very interested in TV programmes in Russian. Chas, Vesti Segodnya