Russian unbiased tv station TV Rain has been issued a five-year broadcasting allow by the Dutch Media Authority, in accordance with a assertion on the regulator's web site.
It follows the choice of Latvia to cancel the channel's licence in early December after the corporate was branded a menace to nationwide safety.
The liberal-leaning TV Rain, which is named Dozhd in Russian, shifted to broadcasting from Latvia and different nations in July, after being pressured to close its Moscow studio following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The channel stopped broadcasting in Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania on December 8.
The Dutch allow, dated December 22, will "present a business tv broadcasting service as a business media establishment," the regulator mentioned.
It was not clear when the assertion was printed.
Based on Latvian-based web site Meduza, the primary reviews of the information within the Dutch media appeared on Monday.
Latvian public broadcaster LSM famous that the license is predicted to permit TV Rain to broadcast its content material on cable networks in all EU nations, together with Latvia.
TV Rain got here below scrutiny by Latvian digital media authorities (NEPLP) for its protection of the warfare in Ukraine.
In a single occasion a presenter appeared sympathetic to the plight of Russian troops and left the impression that support wanted to be collected for them.
On 2 December, NEPLP issued Dozhd a EUR 10,000 fantastic for 2 violations: mapping Crimea as a part of Russia and calling the Russian military “our military.”
The station itself additionally dismissed the accusations as "unfair" and "absurd."
Talking in September, Dozhd editor, Tikhon Dzyadko, mentioned that "those that management the knowledge, they management the state of affairs".
"Our objective is to make it so, as a lot as potential, individuals have the true details about what is occurring, and never this propaganda unfold by Russian TV stations."
"Moscow tries to dam what it considers dissident information websites on-line and has restricted entry to high social media websites".
Fortuitously "it is potential to get data from Russia via the web, social media. The digital Iron Curtain is just not sturdy sufficient," he mentioned.
Unbiased reporting
The worldwide media organizations, comparable to Reporters With out Borders (RSF), criticised revoking TV Rain's license.
It mentioned TV Rain was one of many few sources of unbiased Russian-language reporting by Russian journalists.
The channel, which has lengthy been important of President Vladimir Putin, suspended operations in Russia in early March after authorities blocked its broadcasts, which contained important protection of the battle in Ukraine.
Moscow additionally launched jail phrases for spreading "faux information" concerning the Russian navy and the warfare.
"It grew to become not possible to work there. As a result of even for calling a warfare "warfare", we may withstand 15 years in jail," Dzyadko mentioned.
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