The Aporia · Russian investigative newspaper Novaya Gazeta says it is shutting down after 'coordinated campaign'

Independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta announced on October 30 that it is shutting down due to a coordinated campaign by authorities since Russia's full-scale war in Ukraine began in 2022. The paper cited state prosecutors pursuing its senior journalists and loss of financial support and office space as reasons for closing. Novaya Gazeta, known for critical reporting, has faced challenges including the murder of six of its journalists over its history. The statement emphasized that the newspaper will cease operations on November 9, leaving staff homeless and under threat of repression.

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The Russian independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta announced it is closing down on November 9, citing relentless pressure from authorities who have classified it as a "foreign agent." This label has stifled dissent and intensified since Russia's full-scale war in Ukraine. Editor-in-chief Sergei Sokolov said in a video statement that the Russian special services forced the editorial team to end its work. The newspaper’s operations are being terminated due to legal pressures, including a recent search of Sokolov's home and the arrest of journalist Oleg Roldugin earlier this year on charges of unlawful computer access. With no funding or office available, Novaya Gazeta has been a bastion of independent journalism for over three decades but now faces an impossible situation under Russia’s near-Soviet censorship measures.

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Russian investigative newspaper Novaya Gazeta says it is shutting down after 'coordinated campaign' asserted

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Independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta said on Friday that it was shutting down after what it described as a relentless campaign by the authorities which saw state prosecutors pursue some of its senior journalists and left it without financial support and an office. asserted

prosecutors → say → support

The newspaper, which has often been highly critical of the authorities, has existed for more than three decades and has faced serious problems in the past. asserted

which → exist → past

Six of its journalists, including investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya, have been murdered, in varying circumstances. asserted

Six → include → circumstances

But like other media outlets not run by the state, Novaya Gazeta has come under increasingly intense pressure from the authorities after Russia launched its full-scale war in Ukraine in 2022 and sweeping new censorship rules were introduced which mandated long jail terms for discrediting the Russian army or disseminating what the authorities deem to be fake news. asserted

authorities → run → army

"On November 9th, we will turn off the lights in the home where we have lived for 30 years, shut down our servers, and leave. asserted

we → turn → servers

The newspaper no longer exists. asserted

newspaper → exist → ?

The Russian authorities and the Russian security services have forced our editorial team to cease its operations," Novaya Gazeta said in a statement. asserted

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"More than 30 years of our life shared with our country and its citizens will end, leaving us homeless, with no means of existence and under the constant threat of repression. asserted

years → share → repression

We carried on as long as we could, but we were evicted from our home and our donations platform that allowed us to receive financial support from our readers has been shut down. uncertain

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We have been stripped of all our resources". asserted

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But the Kremlin - which accuses foreign intelligence services of trying to stir up discontent inside Russian society - has said in the past that some censorship is necessary at a time when Russia is locked in what it describes as an existential struggle with the West over Ukraine. asserted

it → accuse → Ukraine

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