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Proof: Latvians head to the polls with Russia on their minds

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{"first_seen":"2026-10-02T18:13:05Z","headline":"Latvians head to the polls with Russia on their minds","kind":"front-page-headline","rank":1,"source":"dw","url":"https://www.dw.com/en/latvians-head-to-the-polls-with-russia-on-their-minds/a-79477614","v":1}

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cf773f1eca1a409ed90db7e5cade62f9c15116a1087868ddccac5639cdf212fa

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Confirmed in Bitcoin block 969627, mined 2026-10-02 19:37 UTC.

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• The record pageCaptured 2026-10-02 18:17 UTC — view the capture.
• The story pageCaptured 2026-10-02 18:19 UTC — view the capture.

Check it yourself — none of this needs this site

1. Hash the record: sha256sum headline-cf773f1eca1a.json prints cf773f1eca1a409ed90db7e5cade62f9c15116a1087868ddccac5639cdf212fa. Its first twelve characters are the end of this record's address.
2. Drop headline-cf773f1eca1a.json and headline-cf773f1eca1a.json.ots onto opentimestamps.org, which checks the receipt against the Bitcoin block chain. Or, with the OpenTimestamps client and a Bitcoin node: ots verify headline-cf773f1eca1a.json.ots (ots upgrade first while the receipt is pending).
3. Open the Wayback Machine's captures above: the capture of the record page shows this hash as it stood then, and the capture of the story page shows the newsroom's own page.

Sealed automatically, 4 min after it was first seen.