{
  "id": 17293904,
  "title": "Russia’s top independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta ‘killed’ by Kremlin pressure",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/russias-top-independent-newspaper-novaya-gazeta-killed-by-kremlin",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-30T21:03:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/world/russia-central-asia/article/3372798/russias-top-independent-newspaper-novaya-gazeta-shuts-under-kremlin-pressure"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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…",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "NDTV",
        "title": "Independent Russian Newspaper Shuts Down Amid Kremlin Pressure",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/independent-russian-newspaper-shuts-down-amid-kremlin-pressure",
        "published": "2026-10-30T18:28:20.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}