{"id":12575,"date":"2026-10-30T12:07:44","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T12:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=12575"},"modified":"2026-10-30T12:07:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T12:07:44","slug":"russia-forces-closure-of-investigative-newspaper-novaya-gazeta-russia-ukraine-war-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=12575","title":{"rendered":"Russia \u2018forces\u2019 closure of investigative newspaper Novaya Gazeta | Russia-Ukraine war News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A symbol of independent journalism, Novaya Gazeta has been classed as a \u2018foreign agent\u2019 by Moscow.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Published On 30 Oct 2026<\/span>30 Oct 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta has announced it will shut down, citing pressure from the authorities.<\/p>\n

The independent outlet\u2019s editorial board said in a statement released on Friday that the newspaper has been forced to end its operations.<\/p>\n

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The Russian media has come under increased scrutiny from the state amid Moscow\u2019s war on Ukraine. The authorities recently searched the home of Novaya Gazeta\u2019s senior editor and arrested the editor-in-chief.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe newspaper is gone. The Russian authorities and \u2026 intelligence services forced the editorial staff to cease operations,\u201d the editorial board said in the statement<\/a>, which was entitled: \u201cWe were killed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Viewed as a relative bastion of independent journalism in Russia, Novaya Gazeta has been classed as a \u201cforeign agent\u201d by Moscow, a label used to stifle dissent.<\/p>\n

\u201cNovaya Gazeta is ceasing to exist,\u201d editor-in-chief Sergei Sokolov said in a video statement published on YouTube. \u201cOn November 9 we will turn off the lights in our home, where we have lived for 30 years. We will shut down the servers and leave.\u201d<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, Sokolov was taken in for questioning as Russian authorities searched his home due, they said, to a link to a criminal case involving his colleague Oleg Roldugin.<\/p>\n

Roldugin was arrested in April and charged with \u201cunlawful access to computerised information\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow far will the Kremlin\u2019s relentless campaign against Novaya Gazeta go?\u201d asked media watchdog Reporters Without Borders in a statement<\/a> after Sokolov was arrested on October 15.<\/p>\n

\u201cSix of its journalists and staff members have been murdered, its newsroom has been raided, its journalists have been prosecuted, and the publication has been designated a \u2018foreign agent\u2019,\u201d the press freedom organisation noted.<\/p>\n

The forced closure of Novaya Gazeta marks another escalation in Russia\u2019s crackdown on press freedom, with few independent media outlets or journalists left in the country, as censorship levels and arrests of regime critics have skyrocketed since it launched its invasion of Ukraine<\/a> in February 2022.<\/p>\n

The newspaper had already trimmed production inside Russia after Moscow invaded Ukraine, as authorities revoked its media licence.<\/p>\n

The paper\u2019s then editor-in-chief, Dmitry Muratov, jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2021 for his \u201cefforts to safeguard freedom of expression\u201d at the helm of the paper.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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