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Top independent Russian newspaper closes
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MOSCOW -- Russia's most renowned independent newspaper, Novaya Gazeta, on Friday announced its closure after more than three decades of operation, blaming relentless official pressure.
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Russia’s independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta says it is shutting down after 30 years, with its editor blaming pressure from authorities and security services. The closure further narrows space for independent reporting amid the Kremlin’s crackdown on dissenting media.
Newspaper Novaya Gazeta, one of the last vestiges of independent journalism in Russia, announced Friday that it was closing down, citing pressure from authorities who recently searched the home of its senior editor and earlier this year detained one of its journalists.
Independent outlet, whose former editor won Nobel peace prize, says Russian authorities have forced it to shut Europe live – latest updates The Russian independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta has announced it is closing, citing pressure from authorities who recently searched the home of its senior edito…
Novaya Gazeta, the Russian newspaper formerly led by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dmitry Muratov, announced it’s shutting down after more than three decades, blaming persecution by the Kremlin and security services.
"Novaya Gazeta," one of the last remaining independent, critical media outlets in Russia, has announced it is closing under pressure from state authorities. Meanwhile, in Ukraine, evacuations have begun in Oleshky.
"This is not just our personal story. This is the story of a country and a society that are being crushed in exactly the same way," the Novaya Gazeta staff wrote.
By Zahra Ullah, Anna Chernova, CNN Moscow (CNN) — Novaya Gazeta, one of Russia’s last independent news outlets, announced on Friday it would close down operations due to pressure from authorities. “Novaya Gazeta has been killed,” Editor-in-chief Sergei Sokolov said in a video statement.
The newspaper survived three decades, six murders, death threats, an acid attack on its co-founder, raids and interrogations by the security services, wartime censorship and the seizure of its printing press. Its journalists fought on, finding loopholes in Russia's increasingly oppressive laws.
Novaya Gazeta, Russia’s last independent newspaper and one of its most well-known, announced on Friday that it was shutting down for good. Novaya Gazeta was founded in 1993, with former Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev using the money from his Nobel Peace Prize to help set it up.
MOSCOW -- Russia's most renowned independent newspaper, Novaya Gazeta, on Friday announced its closure after more than three decades of operation, blaming relentless official pressure.
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