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20
sentences that state something as happening or true
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5%
1 of 20 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Novaya Gazeta, Russia's last independent newspaper, announced Friday that it will cease operations from Nov. 9, marking a major milestone for President Vladimir
to silence the country's free press.
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it → announce → press
Novaya Gazeta said it was being forced to close under
and security services.
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it → say → services
"The newspaper no longer exists," editor in chief Sergei Sokolov said in a video statement shared Friday on YouTube.
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Sokolov → exist → YouTube
"The Russian government, Russian special services, forced the editorial team to stop its work."
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government → force → work
The announcement came a day after the newspaper's staff learned they were being evicted from their Moscow newsroom on Potapovsky Lane, where journalists had worked for nearly 30 years.
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journalists → come → years
At the same time, the system that enabled readers to donate to the paper was switched off, cutting its only remaining source of funding.
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that → enable → funding
The Anna Politkovskaya Museum, a memorial to the paper's renowned investigative journalist who was shot dead two decades ago, will close with the newspaper, as it has been housed in her former office.
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it → shoot → office
Sokolov said authorities had left the team no choice but closure.
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authorities → say → closure
In his statement he said the newspaper's staff would now "end on the street, with no means of subsistence and under the constant threat of repression."
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staff → say → repression
Novaya Gazeta was founded in 1993 with money donated by former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, from his Nobel Peace Prize award.
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Gazeta → found → award
It became the standard-bearer for investigative reporting in post-Soviet Russia, exposing corruption and human rights abuses, including Politkovskaya's reporting on the war in Chechnya.
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It → become → Chechnya
She was
in 2006, becoming one of multiple journalists killed over the years in allegedly , including at least two others who were with Novaya Gazeta.
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who → become → Gazeta
Politkovskaya's convicted murderer was by Russian authorities in 2023 after he joined the military to fight in Ukraine.
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he → convict → Ukraine
In 2021, the newspaper's then-editor Dmitry Muratov was jointly
, along with Philippine journalist Maria Ressa, for defending freedom of expression.
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Muratov → defend → expression
Shortly after Russia launched its
in February 2022, Novaya Gazeta suspended its print and online operations following repeated warnings from Russia's state media regulator about violating laws on alleged "false information," and a court stripped the outlet of its media license that September.
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court → launch → license
Independent radio station Ekho Moskvy and the TV Rain network had already shut down operations inside Russia under similar pressure from authorities.
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station → shut → authorities
Some Novaya Gazeta staff left Russia and launched a sister outlet in Europe, which Russian authorities have also blocked access to inside the country.
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authorities → leave → country
Katya Kotrikadze, news director for TV Rain, which now operates in exile from Europe and is not accessible in Russia, told CBS News on Friday that Novaya Gazeta's closure did not come as a surprise.
"There was no freedom of speech and media in Russia for years now, it has been destroyed for years now," she said, adding that Novaya Gazeta had not been able to objectively cover the war in Ukraine due to censorship that was tightened at the start of the full-scale invasion.
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that → operate → invasion
Putin "has burned all the bridges and has stopped all the imitation of democracy and freedom of everything in Russia," she said.
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she → burn → Russia
Novaya Gazeta said it would provide more information about its future in the coming days.
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it → say → days
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