The Armenian authorities have suspended for one month the license of the Tospa radio station, which carries programs of Russian broadcaster Sputnik, for broadcasting "ironic and offensive" comments last month about Armenia by Tigran Keosayan, a Russian propagandist of Armenian origin. The commission added that it had ordered Tospa to pay 500,000 drams (about $1,200) for the comments, described as "far from reality" and "panic-inducing" in Armenia. Keosayan is the husband of another noted Kremlin propagandist, Margarita Simonyan. Both are under Western sanctions over their public support of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Armenian Service, click here.
Armenia Suspends License Of Russian Broadcaster's Local Affiliate For Month
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