Novaya Gazeta says it will end operations November 9

Novaya Gazeta said it will end operations and shut down its servers on November 9, closing a newspaper that has reported on Russian affairs for more than three decades. Editor-in-chief Sergei Sokolov said Russian authorities and security services had forced the editorial team to stop working. That explanation is the newspaper’s account of the closure. The announcement followed the loss of the newspaper’s Moscow office, reader-donation platform and financial support, according to its editors. They said staff had been evicted and stripped of resources. Russian authorities had not immediately commented on the closure allegations, according to one report. Novaya Gazeta described its decision as the result of sustained pressure, including legal action against senior journalists. The paper’s media license was revoked in 2022, and it was designated a foreign agent by Russian authorities. Its staff faced questioning and searches; this year, authorities searched Sokolov’s home and detained journalist Oleg Roldugin. Roldugin was charged with unlawful access to computerised information and pleaded not guilty, according to reports. He was being held under house arrest pending trial. The...