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  "id": 17250767,
  "title": "Independent commemorations mark Day of Remembrance for victims of Soviet repression across Russia",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/independent-commemorations-mark-day-of-remembrance-for-victims-of",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-30T15:48:25.000Z",
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    "url": "https://theins.press/en/news/298976"
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  "summary": "On Oct. 29, Russians and foreign diplomats laid flowers at the Solovetsky Stone on Moscow’s Lubyanka Square ahead of the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repression. Members of Russia’s OMON riot police force were stationed near the monument, according to witnesses. Those who came to pay tribute included diplomats from Sweden, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Germany, Lithuania,…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Kyiv Independent",
        "title": "'They killed us' – Pressure from Russian authorities forces closure of Novaya Gazeta",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/they-killed-us-pressure-from-russian-authorities-forces-closure-of",
        "published": "2026-10-30T13:16:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Russia’s top independent newspaper shuts down, blaming pressure from authorities",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/russias-top-independent-newspaper-shuts-down-blaming-pressure-from",
        "published": "2026-10-30T14:01:53.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times - World News",
        "title": "US drops G20 group photo plans amid European diplomats' opposition to Russia's Sergey Lavrov",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/us-drops-g20-group-photo-plans-amid-european-diplomats-opposition-to",
        "published": "2026-10-30T15:13:07.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBS News",
        "title": "Last independent newspaper in Russia forced to shut down",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/last-independent-newspaper-in-russia-forced-to-shut-down",
        "published": "2026-10-30T16:03:43.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Euromaidan Press",
        "title": "“We have been killed”: Novaya Gazeta, the last major independent newsroom still working from inside Russia, closes after losing its Moscow office and its reader donations in the same week",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/we-have-been-killed-novaya-gazeta-the-last-major-independent-newsroom",
        "published": "2026-10-30T16:12:59.000Z"
      }
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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."
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