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Meduza· Fri 21:57
Novaya Gazeta has shut down twice before, says editor-in-chief Sergei Sokolov. Now, with eviction and a funding cutoff forcing another closure, he hopes the Russian newspaper can rise again, though he says it could take months or even years. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
Meduza· Fri 20:57
With Novaya Gazeta closing 33 years after its founding, three former journalists recall a paper that exposed Russian atrocities, mentored young reporters, and lost colleagues to violence. Their memories trace the newspaper’s history — and Russia’s. meduza.io/en/feature/2...
Meduza· Fri 16:22
Readers gathered outside Novaya Gazeta’s Moscow newsroom after the newspaper announced it was closing, Sotavision reports. The news came one day after it emerged that the staff faced eviction from the office where they had worked for 29 years. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
Meduza· Fri 14:05
Journalists, writers, and public figures react to the closure of the Russian independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta.
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The Kyiv Independent· Fri 13:29
⚡️'They killed us' – Pressure from Russian authorities forces closure of Novaya Gazeta.
"This is not just our personal story. This is the story of a country and a society that are being crushed in exactly the same way," the Novaya Gazeta staff wrote.
Meduza· Fri 12:43
Read Meduza’s statement on the closure of Novaya Gazeta.
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Meduza· Fri 10:43
Novaya Gazeta, one of Russia’s most prominent independent newspapers, is shutting down after years of government repression. Its journalists are being evicted from the Moscow newsroom they’ve occupied for nearly 30 years.
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Meduza· Thu 22:22
Novaya Gazeta says eviction from its Moscow office of 29 years will also close its Anna Politkovskaya museum and force staff to remove portraits of friends who were killed. “We're simply being thrown out,” a letter to readers says. meduza.io/en/news/2026...
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Novaya Gazeta has shut down twice before, says editor-in-chief Sergei Sokolov. Now, with eviction and a funding cutoff forcing another closure, he hopes the Russian newspaper can rise again, though he says it could take months or even years.
With Novaya Gazeta closing 33 years after its founding, three former journalists recall a paper that exposed Russian atrocities, mentored young reporters, and lost colleagues to violence. Their memories trace the newspaper’s history — and Russia’s.
On the morning of October 30, Novaya Gazeta said it was closing. The day before, its journalists said the newspaper was being evicted from its office on Potapovsky Lane in central Moscow, where it had been based for 29 years. In recent years, Novaya Gazeta had somehow managed to keep working inside Russia despite…
Novaya Gazeta has announced that it is closing. For more than 30 years, it covered Russia’s biggest events and told stories about Russians that readers couldn’t find anywhere else. Many outstanding journalists worked at Novaya. Some were killed for telling the truth. Meduza asked former Novaya Gazeta journalists…
Readers gathered outside Novaya Gazeta’s Moscow newsroom after the newspaper announced it was closing, Sotavision reports. The news came one day after it emerged that the staff faced eviction from the office where they had worked for 29 years.
Readers have begun gathering outside the building on Moscow’s Potapovsky Lane that houses Novaya Gazeta’s offices. The newspaper said today that it is closing.
For more than 30 years, Novaya Gazeta operated under constant pressure. Its journalists were threatened, attacked, and murdered; the newspaper was stripped of its media registration, and Russia’s Justice Ministry designated it a “foreign agent.” In October 2026, Novaya Gazeta was ordered to vacate its office in…
⚡️'They killed us' – Pressure from Russian authorities forces closure of Novaya Gazeta.
"This is not just our personal story. This is the story of a country and a society that are being crushed in exactly the same way," the Novaya Gazeta staff wrote.
'The newspaper no longer exists. The Russian authorities and the Russian security services have forced our editorial team to cease its operations,' says the publication. Its final issue will be published on November 9.
"This is not just our personal story. This is the story of a country and a society that are being crushed in exactly the same way," the Novaya Gazeta staff wrote.
Novaya Gazeta has announced it is shutting down. We never thought we would have to write these words — and yet that’s the reality. The story of the most important independent news outlet in modern Russia has come to an end.
Novaya Gazeta, one of Russia’s most prominent independent newspapers, is shutting down after years of government repression. Its journalists are being evicted from the Moscow newsroom they’ve occupied for nearly 30 years.
Novaya Gazeta, the best-known independent news outlet still operating inside Russia, has announced that it is closing. The day before, it became known that the editorial staff was being evicted from its office in Potapovsky Lane in central Moscow, where journalists had worked for 29 years. As a result, the Anna…
Novaya Gazeta says eviction from its Moscow office of 29 years will also close its Anna Politkovskaya museum and force staff to remove portraits of friends who were killed. “We're simply being thrown out,” a letter to readers says.
Novaya Gazeta will be evicted from its office on Potapovsky Lane in central Moscow, where it has been based for 29 years, the news outlet Ekho reported. Ekho cited a letter to readers from editor-in-chief Sergey Sokolov and journalist Irina Gordiyenko.
