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Russia’s top independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta ‘killed’ by Kremlin pressure

Russia’s flagship independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta announced on Friday it was closing, saying it had been “killed” by state pressure after years of repression targeting its journalists whose reporting was critical of the Kremlin and its Ukraine war. The closure of Novaya Gazeta – one of the last outlets to openly criticise Russia’s offensive – marks the latest outcome of Moscow’s campaign…

Russia’s top independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta ‘killed’ by Kremlin pressure

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