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Novaya Gazeta Europe
16-07-2025
- Politics
- Novaya Gazeta Europe
Latvian court annuls decision to strip Dozhd of broadcast licence after 2-year legal proceedings — Novaya Gazeta Europe
A regional appeals court in Latvia has overturned the decision of the country's national TV regulator to strip independent Russian TV news channel Dozhd of its broadcast licence, two and a half years after it was first revoked, Latvian news agency LETA reported on Wednesday. Founded in 2010, Dozhd operated in Russia as an independent broadcaster until it was forced into exile following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, receiving a broadcasting licence in Latvia in June of the same year. However, in December 2022, the National Council for Electronic Mass Media (NEPLP) rescinded Dozhd's licence for a series of regulatory violations that constituted a 'national security and public order threat', including the absence of a Latvian audio track, the depiction of Crimea as Russian territory on a map, and referring to the Russian army as 'our army', LETA wrote. One month later, Dozhd received a new broadcasting licence from the Netherlands, where its operations have since been based. According to LETA, the appeal was likely granted as the NEPLP's decision to revoke Dozhd's broadcasting licence was primarily based on statements of a single employee, Alexey Korostelyov, which have since been 'refuted and removed'. Additionally, Korostelyov has since left the TV station. On Wednesday, Ivars Āboliņš, chairman of the NEPLP, responded to the decision on X, announcing his intention to appeal the court's decision while maintaining that the verdict did not mean Dozhd would return to Latvia. 'We will appeal and I am sure that his verdict will never come into legal force and will be overturned,' Āboliņš said. Dozhd editor-in-chief Tikhon Dzyadko has welcomed the decision on his Telegram channel, noting that 'after two and a half years, justice has been restored' and expressing hope that Dozhd could resume broadcasting in Latvia and other Baltic states.
OC Media
15-07-2025
- Politics
- OC Media
Daghestani teen forced to fight in Ukraine and ‘executed' by superiors, mother claims
Sign in or or Become a member to unlock the audio version of this article Join the voices Aliyev wants to silence. For over eight years, OC Media has worked with fearless journalists from Azerbaijan — some of whom now face decades behind bars — to bring you the stories the regime is afraid will get out. Help us fuel Aliyev's fears — become an OC Media member today Become a member The mother of an 18-year-old Daghestani school student claims that her son was tortured into signing a contract to fight in Ukraine and was later killed by his superiors. Leyla Nakhsunova claimed that her son, Said Murtazaliev, was conscripted after being detained in early January on suspicion of fraud. She said that he was taken to a police station, where officers tortured him and forced him to sign a contract — which he did not read — with the Russian Ministry of Defence. Nakhsunova told the independent Russian outlet that police officers put a gas mask over Murtazaliev's head and pressed on his chest until he lost consciousness, after which they made him sign the military contract. Independent TV channel Dozhd identified the police officer involved in the enlistment as investigator Nadezhda Zabelkina from the Shatura City Police Department. According to independent media outlet Verstka, police officers may receive up to ₽100,000 ($1,275) for each detainee they forcibly enlist into the army. Murtazaliev was reportedly deployed straight to the frontline without any training, and was stationed in Luhansk in occupied Ukraine. He was assigned to an assault company of the 272nd Motor Rifle Battalion of the 1st Guards Tank Army of the Moscow Military District. On 7 March, the teenager sent his mother a video message stating that, under orders from the battalion commander, ₽1,150,000 ($14,700) had been forcibly collected from soldiers 'to avoid an assault mission'. In the same video, he mentioned the call signs of commanders Altai and Kilo, who allegedly gave a soldier known as Spartak orders to 'zero him out' — a euphemism for extrajudicial killing. Murtazaliev was declared missing in action a day later. Advertisement Dozhd identified Altai as 25-year-old Senior Lieutenant Mikhail Prasolov, a 2023 graduate of the Novosibirsk Higher Military Command School. According to them, Prasolov and more than 10 other commanders involved in extortion and killings of their own soldiers are under investigation, but none have been arrested and all remain deployed on the front line. Nakhsunova also claims that her son was forced to pay ₽650,000 ($8,300) to avoid being sent on assault missions. Murtazaliev featured heavily in Dozhd's documentary, Neither Dead Nor Alive, which claimed that his case was not unique. Citing various estimates, the documentary said between 50,000 and 100,000 Russian soldiers may have gone missing in Ukraine. The figure does not include those who have been reported as being killed or wounded. Many of those who have gone missing may have been forcibly conscripted and later killed or disappeared. As of now, neither the Prosecutor's Office nor any investigative bodies have publicly commented on Murtazaliev's case. It is unclear if his disappearance is under investigation.
CBC
01-03-2025
- Politics
- CBC
How Russia is reacting to tense exchange between Trump and Zelenskyy
Russian journalist Mikhail Zygar, founding editor-in-chief of Dozhd, breaks down the reaction in his country to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's visit to the White House, and what it means for peace talks.
LBCI
11-02-2025
- Politics
- LBCI
Europe rights court condemns Russia for suppressing Ukraine war dissent
Europe's rights court on Tuesday condemned Russia over "a coordinated effort to suppress dissent" inside the country over its full-scale invasion of Ukraine launched in February 2022. The Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights ruled that Russia had imposed "systemic and widespread pattern of reporting restrictions" over the war, following cases brought by independent Russian media the newspaper Novaya Gazeta and TV channel Dozhd as well as individual applicants. AFP
