Latvia’s Intelligence Services (the VDD) have arrested a Latvian national, reported as Marat Kasem.
The alleged offence is the provision of “economic resources” to a designated person, or an asset owned or controlled by such a person.
The designated person is Dmitry Kiselev, who is the Director General of Rossiya Segodnya which in turn owns a number of broadcast channels including Sputnik and Baltnews.
Mr Kasem is alleged to have provided the “economic resources” by way of being employed by these channels in Lithuania.