CHISINAV, December 22 — RIA Novosti. Moldovan Justice Minister Sergei Litvinenko believes that TV stations whose licenses have been suspended may not return to work even after the end of the state of emergency because they threaten the security of the state.
On December 16, the Moldovan authorities suspended the licenses of the opposition and leading Russian-language TV channels Primul in Moldova, RTR Moldova, Accent TV, NTV Moldova, TV6, Orhei TV, which allegedly dishonestly report on events in the country and on Ukraine, explaining this decision with the risk of misinformation. MFA RF he said it Moscow is considering a decision Chisinau as an act of political censorship. The Russian Foreign Ministry added that such actions are an affront to the principle of media pluralism and a gross violation of the right to freedom of access to information, and Moscow also classifies it as a «cynical violation of the rights of national minorities.»
