{
  "id": 17234544,
  "title": "‘A big bright lighthouse has been swept away by a murky wave’: Russian journalists, writers, and public figures react to Novaya Gazeta’s closure",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/a-big-bright-lighthouse-has-been-swept-away-by-a-murky-wave-russian",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-30T13:48:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Meduza (English)",
    "slug": "meduza-english",
    "url": "https://meduza.io/en/feature/2026/10/30/a-big-bright-lighthouse-has-been-swept-away-by-a-murky-wave-russian-journalists-writers-and-public-figures-react-to-novaya-gazeta-s-closure"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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 central Moscow and lost the ability to collect donations. Shortly afterward, its…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Euromaidan Press",
        "title": "Shadows, roofs, job ads give Ukrainian arms plants away to Russian analysts, Ukrainian experts warn",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/shadows-roofs-job-ads-give-ukrainian-arms-plants-away-to-russian",
        "published": "2026-10-30T12:31:31.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}