Independent Russian news station TV Rain relaunched in Latvia

The World

This week, TV Rain relaunched its operations from its new headquarters in Latvia. Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and tightening restrictions on the country’s press, the independent Russian-language TV station ended its operations in Russia with an on-air walkout by its staff in Moscow. Their concluding statement: “No to war.” Host Carol Hills spoke to Tikhon Dzyadko, TV Rain’s editor-in-chief. He joined the show from the station’s new Latvian headquarters in Riga.

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