Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov calls the closure of independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta a ‘normal process of turnover’
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the closure of Novaya Gazeta a “normal process.”
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov described the closure of independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta as a "normal process," according to Vy Slushali. The reporter asked Peskov to comment on the newspaper's closure, recalling that Nobel laureate Dmitry Muratov said Novaya Gazeta had been "killed." Peskov responded that it would be incorrect to claim the era of independent Russian media was ending.
He noted that every year some media outlets close and new ones emerge, describing it as a typical turnover process. Novaya Gazeta ceased print publication in 2022 following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The same year, Moscow's Basmanny District Court withdrew its media license. In September 2026, the newspaper was labeled a "foreign agent."
Later that month, it was reported that Novaya Gazeta was being evicted from its office on Potapovsky Lane in central Moscow, where it had operated for roughly 30 years. Journalists left the office on November 9.
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