Saeima rules that LSM can write in Russian only on specific occasions

55 MPs voted ‘for’, whilst 24 voted ‘against’.

Latvian Television and Latvian Radio do not broadcast in Russian, but the LSM.lv portal still produces content in Russian.

Until now, public media had been obliged to produce programmes in minority languages, but following the Constitutional Court’s (ST) judgement, this situation had to change, as the court ruled that LSM’s content must primarily be in Latvian, whilst the Russian language is self-sufficient in the Latv...