https://video.echelon.pl/videos/watch/36e7c239-9874-44fa-aa02-03ce4c1950ff Latvia has closed its Russian-language public radio service, but Russian-language news remains available online. A Constitutional Court ruling has given lawmakers until May 2027 to revise the rules for minority-language public media. The court says that Latvian must remain the primary language, though it recognizes the importance of independent information in other languages. In this episode of Eastern Express, host Jonasz Rewiński and his guest, Sergejs Potapkins, Researcher at the Latvian Institute of International Affairs and former member and deputy chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the Latvian Parliament, examine how public media can reach residents who prefer to follow the news in Russian. The decision concerns language, but the implications are purely geopolitical. Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 00:07 - Latvia's election and the Russian-speaking minority 02:51 - Russian propaganda and Latvia's information space 04:09 - Latvia's debate over Russian-language media 07:59 - Who are Latvia's Russian-speaking residents? 10:37 - The decline of Russian-speaking political parties 15:15 - The future of Russian-speaking voters in Latvia 🔴 Watch our 24/7 livestream - https://youtube.com/live/9RY46AUtIl4 Bringing you all the latest daily news and updates, TVP World is Poland's first English-language channel where you can find world news as seen from the Polish perspective and the latest news from the CEE region. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram. https://tvpworld.com/ https://www.facebook.com/tvpworldcom https://twitter.com/TVPWorld_com https://www.instagram.com/tvp_world/ https://www.threads.net/@tvp_world https://bsky.app/profile/tvpworld.bsky.social https://www.tiktok.com/@tvpworld.com https://t.me/tvp_world #Russia #Putin #Latvia Tue, 06 Oct 2026 09:21:31 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://video.echelon.pl https://video.echelon.pl/client/assets/images/icons/icon-1500x1500.png https://video.echelon.pl/videos/watch/36e7c239-9874-44fa-aa02-03ce4c1950ff All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://video.echelon.pl/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.