Live Breaking News & Updates on Pervij Baltijskij Kanal

Kremlin media in Baltics take plea deal in EU sanctions breach case
7
Oleg Solodov / Raitis Plauks/F64/IR/Re:Baltica
The case for the alleged breach of EU sanctions against Russia by the owner of the Baltic media-powerhouse which distributes popular Russian TV channels may end up being heard in court behind closed doors.
The co-owner of Baltic Media Alliance (BMA), Oleg Solodov, and his Estonian partner, Margus Merima, have entered plea bargains, the prosecutor Aldis Lasmanis confirmed to the Baltic Center of Investigative Journalism Re:Baltica.
The case shook the local media world when Latvian and Estonian security police carried out simultaneous searches in BMA offices in Riga and Tallinn on February 4, 2020, in a recently started criminal case of the sanctions breach, surrounded by deafening silence on its content. ....

United Kingdom , Orenburgskaya Oblast , Great Britain , Perviy Kanal , J Leupe Unsplash , Yuriy Kovalchuk , Jurij Kovalchuk , Aldis Lasmanis , Vladimir Putin , Pervij Baltijskij Kanal , Margus Merima , Oleg Solodov , Baltic Media Alliance , National Media Group , Bank Rossiya , United Baltic Media Alliance Ltd , Baltic Center , United Kingdom Registered Baltic Media Alliance , President Vladimir Putin , National Media , Russian Registered Perviy Kanal , Russia Friendly Baltic , ஒன்றுபட்டது கிஂக்டம் , நன்று பிரிட்டன் , விளாடிமிர் புட்டின் , பால்டிக் மீடியா கூட்டணி ,