Priorities of the Prevention of Threats to Information Space of the Republic of Latvia: Development of the Public Media The public media of the Republic of Latvia must be considered as a part of the national security system and, similarly to other parts of the national security system, the public media also needs a larger funding than it currently has. The public media has to work with different target audiences and must be available within all territory of the Republic of Latvia. One of the most specific target audiences in the Republic of Latvia is the minorities. It is important to develop and offer a high quality and understandable alternative to the information sources representing the information space of the Russian Federation, thus providing various options to choose from. The public media also must report information about activities in the regions of the Republic of Latvia. These measures could promote the awareness of people living in Riga and other cities about the current state of regions, thus making the regions more attractive and increasing their development capacity. At the same time, this would show that Riga also is interested in the problems people living in the countryside have, thus decreasing the notion of social exclusion. Reduction of Influence of the Information Space of the Russian Federation An effective mass media monitoring and supervision system must be established in order to reduce the possible development of a stable Russian information space within the information space of the Republic of Latvia. In order to carry out this intention, it is necessary to put in order the regulatory framework to prevent a situation in which various mass media sources that are registered in other countries could freely operate and disseminate information that juxtaposes the interests of the Republic of Latvia within the territory of Latvia. In order to reduce the influence of the information space of the Russian Federation, in addition to an effective regulatory framework along-term alternative must be established. At the same time, the public media must be developed by providing more diverse commercial television and cable television offers, so that consumers could choose audiovisual materials developed in Europe. Development of the Media Literacy and Media Education The country in cooperation with commercial media and public media must pay attention to