Novaya Gazeta announces it will shut down

Novaya Gazeta, one of Russia’s most prominent independent newspapers, announced it would shut down after more than three decades. The newspaper and its editor attributed the closure to pressure from Russian authorities, the Kremlin and security services; the editor said the government had forced the editorial team to stop working.

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