Russia, closes Novaya Gazeta: "Killed by the authorities and services"

Novaya Gazeta, a newspaper classified as a foreign agent by Moscow, has announced the cessation of operations in Russia from November 9th.

"We have been killed. On November 9, we will turn off the lights in our building, where we have lived for 30 years, we will turn off the servers and we will leave. The newspaper no longer exists. The Russian authorities and the Russian secret services have forced the editorial office to cease operations", we read on the newspaper's website.

The newspaper, for which the reporter Anna Politkovskaja who was murdered in 2006 had also worked, was already subject to restrictions from 2022. Part of the editorial team had already left the country, continuing to work on the Novaya Gazeta - Europe project.