{"id":13172,"date":"2026-11-09T12:16:06","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T12:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/09\/independent-russian-novaya-gazeta-newspaper-shuts-down\/"},"modified":"2026-11-09T12:16:06","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T12:16:06","slug":"independent-russian-novaya-gazeta-newspaper-shuts-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/09\/independent-russian-novaya-gazeta-newspaper-shuts-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Independent Russian Novaya Gazeta newspaper shuts down"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Russia\u2019s flagship independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta on Monday held its final editorial meeting and emptied its office after it said last month it was closing under the Kremlin\u2019s pressure.<\/p>\n

Novaya Gazeta was for years one of the last outlets to openly criticise the authorities and Moscow\u2019s Ukraine war amid a tightening grip on free speech and a campaign against dissent.<\/p>\n

It was branded a \u201cforeign agent\u201d \u2013 a label reminiscent of Soviet-era repression \u2013 and saw its journalists detained and questioned.<\/p>\n

On Monday, Novaya Gazeta held its last editorial meeting, the Russian Sota Vision and Ostorozhno Novosti outlets reported.<\/p>\n

Images published by Ostorozhno Novosti showed the paper\u2019s editor-in-chief, Sergei Sokolov, taking down photographs of its reporters murdered in killings widely seen as retribution for their work.<\/p>\n

They included a picture of Anna Politkovskaya, who spent years investigating allegations of abuses by Russia\u2019s military during its campaigns in Chechnya and was an early critic of President Vladimir Putin\u2019s long rule.<\/p>\n

She was found dead in her apartment block on Putin\u2019s birthday in October 2006.<\/p>\n

In an emotional video last month, Sokolov said the paper had \u201cbeen killed\u201d and was shutting down after \u201cthe Russian authorities \u2014 the Russian special services \u2013 have forced the editorial team to end its work\u201d.<\/p>\n

Rights groups including Reporters Without Borders and Amnesty International condemned the move.<\/p>\n

The newspaper\u2019s closure was \u201cyet another devastating blow for remaining independent media in the Russian Federation\u201d UN rights chief Volker Turk said in a statement in October.<\/p>\n

But Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Monday\u00a0called it \u201ca normal cycle of change\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would be wrong to say that the era of independent Russian media is coming to an end. The Russian media is highly diverse and is developing in a highly competitive environment,\u201d Peskov told reporters.<\/p>\n

Moscow has introduced unprecedented censorship while troops fight in Ukraine, forcing most independent media into exile.<\/p>\n

Founded in 1993 after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Novaya Gazeta was one of Russia\u2019s most reputable and renowned organisations reporting and documenting human rights abuses.<\/p>\n

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