"Latvia, like Lithuania and Estonia, is particularly exposed to aggressive Russian disinformation — not only due to its geographical location, but also a significant number of Russians living in our country. That is why the Latvian legal system is very strict about blocking TV channels, radio stations, and social media profiles that duplicate the Kremlin's propaganda. Riga, as the first capital in the EU, decided to significantly reduce the operation of Russia Today television, and we declare that this was not our last word"– said Mara Nadara Luse, Head of the Department for International Cooperation and Information Analysis in the Latvian Council of National Electronic Media.
The summit "Stop Disinformation and Russian Propaganda" is attended by representatives of institutions regulating the media market in seven countries of Central and Eastern Europe – Poland, Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, and Hungary. The most important point of the event, organized on the initiative of the National Broadcasting Council, will be the signing of the "Warsaw Declaration on Combating Disinformation", defining the framework for cooperation between signatories in order to limit and disclose Kremlin's propaganda.
