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Novaya Gazeta shuts newsroom amid mounting pressure from Russian authorities
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Novaya Gazeta has closed its newsroom after holding a final editorial meeting on Monday, ending operations under pressure from Russian authorities. Its closure matters because it was one of the few remaining Russian outlets openly criticising the Kremlin and its war in Ukraine.
The paper said banks stopped processing reader donations after it was designated a “foreign agent” in September. Editor-in-chief Sergei Sokolov was questioned after a search of his home in October, and editor Oleg Roldugin was arrested in April. Cofounder Dmitry Muratov said people advocating peace had been denied the right to choose what they read, while the Kremlin called the closure part of “a normal cycle of change”.
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In short
- Novaya Gazeta has ended operations after pressure from Russian authorities.
- The paper said its “foreign agent” designation disrupted reader donations.
- The closure removes a rare critic of the Kremlin and its war in Ukraine.
How this story developed
- 25 minutes ago A later account added that the blocked donations undermined the paper’s finances, while reiterating the closure and the Kremlin’s response.
- 36 minutes ago Novaya Gazeta shut its newsroom after a final editorial meeting, following pressure that included blocked donations and scrutiny of its staff, as the Kremlin called the closure a normal cycle of change.
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Originally published by Al Jazeera as “Russian investigative newspaper Novaya Gazeta closes citing gov’t clampdown”.