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Novaya Gazeta, a prominent Russian independent newspaper, announced it will cease operations on 9 November 2026, after being forced to shut down by Russian authorities. The closure follows the revocation of its media licence, eviction from its Moscow office, and the blocking of its donation platforms, which the paper described as a coordinated campaign to cut off all its resources. The editorial team, including Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dmitry Muratov, accused the Russian security services of systematically strangling the outlet through censorship, legal pressure, and financial restrictions.
Founded in 1993 with support from Mikhail Gorbachev, Novaya Gazeta built a reputation for investigative reporting on corruption, human rights abuses, and the wars in Chechnya. Six of its journalists, including Anna Politkovskaya, were killed in connection with their work. Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the paper faced escalating repression, including the designation of its staff as 'foreign agents' and criminal cases against its editors. One final issue will be published before the shutdown.
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