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.
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.
