Novaya Gazeta closes after 33 years under state pressure as staff take down portraits of six murdered colleagues and leave their Moscow office to cries of ‘Thank you!’
Novaya Gazeta has shut down. It was one of Russia’s best-known independent media outlets and had continued operating inside the country after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. In late October, news emerged that its journalists were being evicted from their office on Potapovsky Lane in central Moscow, where they had worked for 29 years. The publication itself had been around for…
Novaya Gazeta, a prominent independent news outlet in Russia, has ceased operations after 33 years. The decision came after the publication faced increasing pressure from state authorities and security services. In late October, journalists were evicted from their office on Potapovsky Lane, the site of their operations for 29 years.
Novaya Gazeta's editor-in-chief, Sergey Sokolov, led the final editorial meeting on November 9, attended by staff, Nobel laureate Dmitry Muratov, and colleagues from other media outlets. Portraits of six murdered colleagues were removed from the walls, and the final meeting concluded with applause and cries of "Thank you!" from readers and colleagues outside.
Sokolov emphasized that while the newspaper no longer exists in its current form, it still exists as an idea, and the journalists need to consider new ways to continue their creative work.
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