Russia’s Last Major Independent News Outlet Shutters

The New York Times reports:

Novaya Gazeta, the Russian newspaper that helped define fearless journalism in the post-Soviet era and whose editor shared the Nobel Peace Prize last year, suspended publication on Monday, leaving Russia without any major media outlets critical of the Kremlin as it wages war in Ukraine.

The newspaper, led by Dmitri A. Muratov, the Nobel-winning editor, said it would cease publishing in print and online until the end of the fighting — or what it called, in keeping with Russia’s new wartime censorship law, “the special operation on the territory of Ukraine.”

Earlier in the day, the paper received a second warning from Russia’s telecommunications regulator that threatened to shut it down or revoke its license, Mr. Muratov said.

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Novaya Gazeta, the Russian newspaper that helped define fearless journalism in the post-Soviet era and whose editor shared the Nobel Peace Prize last year, suspended publication on Monday. https://t.co/fjgt6VCkA7

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