Independent outlet, whose former editor Dmitry Muratov won Nobel prize, cites intolerable pressure from authorities Europe live – latest updates Novaya Gazeta, one of Russia’s best-known independent media outlets, has announced it will permanently close next month. The newspaper, whose former editor-in-chief Dmitry Muratov won the Nobel peace prize in 2021 , cited intolerable pressure, including being stripped of its newsroom, its donation platforms and its legal right to publish. “This is not just our own story; it is the story of a country and a society that are being systematically crushed,” wrote its editor-in-chief, Sergei Sokolov, on the newspaper’s website. Continue reading...
Russian society being ‘systematically crushed’ says Novaya Gazeta as newspaper announces closure
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