Top Russian Independent Newspaper Suspends Operations After Warnings From Authorities

The investigative document, which has already removed material from its website about Russia’s military action in Ukraine to comply with a new media law, said it had received a new warning from state communications regulator Roskomnadzor on Monday. with his report, thus stopping the business. “We are suspending the publication of the newspaper on our website, on social media and in print until the end of the ‘special operation on the territory of Ukraine,’” the newspaper wrote on its website. In a separate message to readers, Muratov and his reporters said the decision to shut down was difficult but necessary. “There is no other choice,” the note said. “For us, and I know, for you, it is a terrible and difficult decision.” Roskomnadzor did not immediately respond to a request for comment. In comments published by Russian news agencies, the regulator said it had issued a second warning to Novaya Gazeta because it had not correctly identified an organization considered a “foreign agent” by the authorities in its publications.

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Pressure on liberal Russian media has grown since Moscow sent troops to Ukraine last month, with most of the mainstream media and state-controlled organizations sticking to the language the Kremlin uses to describe the conflict. Novaya Gazeta’s announcement follows the closure this month of Ekho Moskvy radio station, which was one of the few remaining liberal voices in the Russian media. Authorities have also blocked the websites of several genres, including the BBC, Voice of America and Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Muratov, left, and journalist Yevgeni Buntman aired on Ekho Moskvy (Moscow Echo) radio station in Moscow in October 2021. Ekho Moskvy was one of the few remaining liberal voices in the Russian media when it closed this month. (Alexander Zemlianichenko / The Associated Press)
On Monday, the Justice Ministry added Germany’s Deutsche Welle to a list of media outlets it has listed as foreign agents. Readers of the Novaya Gazeta and anti-Kremlin activists expressed regret that the newspaper could no longer function in the current Russian media environment. “I would very much like Roskomnadzor to be the one to stop its work,” the group of imprisoned political activist Andrei Pivovarov wrote on Twitter. Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak, who is leading the peace talks with Moscow, wrote on Twitter that the loss of Novaya Gazeta made Russia a country “without media … without debate, without political competition, without a full parliament.” “. “That is why the Russians do not see, hear or realize anything,” Pontoliak wrote. “Regardless of the language you speak to them.” A country without media (the last free “Novaya Gazeta” closed), without debate, without political competition, without a full parliament. This is the modern RF. That is why the Russians do not see, do not hear and do not realize anything. Regardless of the language you speak to them. – @ Podolyak_M
Founded after the break-up of the Soviet Union, Novaya Gazeta and its journalists have been subjected to years of intimidation and attacks on investigations into human rights abuses and corruption. Muratov, when he was nominated for the Nobel Prize last October, dedicated it to the memory of six of his newspaper journalists who had been killed for their work.

title: “Top Russian Independent Newspaper Suspends Operations After Warnings From Authorities " ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-15” author: “Shayla Russo”

The investigative document, which has already removed material from its website about Russia’s military action in Ukraine to comply with a new media law, said it had received a new warning from state communications regulator Roskomnadzor on Monday. with his report, thus stopping the business. “We are suspending the publication of the newspaper on our website, on social media and in print until the end of the ‘special operation on the territory of Ukraine,’” the newspaper wrote on its website. In a separate message to readers, Muratov and his reporters said the decision to shut down was difficult but necessary. “There is no other choice,” the note said. “For us, and I know, for you, it is a terrible and difficult decision.” Roskomnadzor did not immediately respond to a request for comment. In comments published by Russian news agencies, the regulator said it had issued a second warning to Novaya Gazeta because it had not correctly identified an organization considered a “foreign agent” by the authorities in its publications.

Repression in news agencies

Pressure on liberal Russian media has grown since Moscow sent troops to Ukraine last month, with most of the mainstream media and state-controlled organizations sticking to the language the Kremlin uses to describe the conflict. Novaya Gazeta’s announcement follows the closure this month of Ekho Moskvy radio station, which was one of the few remaining liberal voices in the Russian media. Authorities have also blocked the websites of several genres, including the BBC, Voice of America and Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Muratov, left, and journalist Yevgeni Buntman aired on Ekho Moskvy (Moscow Echo) radio station in Moscow in October 2021. Ekho Moskvy was one of the few remaining liberal voices in the Russian media when it closed this month. (Alexander Zemlianichenko / The Associated Press)
On Monday, the Justice Ministry added Germany’s Deutsche Welle to a list of media outlets it has listed as foreign agents. Readers of the Novaya Gazeta and anti-Kremlin activists expressed regret that the newspaper could no longer function in the current Russian media environment. “I would very much like Roskomnadzor to be the one to stop its work,” the group of imprisoned political activist Andrei Pivovarov wrote on Twitter. Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak, who is leading the peace talks with Moscow, wrote on Twitter that the loss of Novaya Gazeta made Russia a country “without media … without debate, without political competition, without a full parliament.” “. “That is why the Russians do not see, hear or realize anything,” Pontoliak wrote. “Regardless of the language you speak to them.” A country without media (the last free “Novaya Gazeta” closed), without debate, without political competition, without a full parliament. This is the modern RF. That is why the Russians do not see, do not hear and do not realize anything. Regardless of the language you speak to them. – @ Podolyak_M
Founded after the break-up of the Soviet Union, Novaya Gazeta and its journalists have been subjected to years of intimidation and attacks on investigations into human rights abuses and corruption. Muratov, when he was nominated for the Nobel Prize last October, dedicated it to the memory of six of his newspaper journalists who had been killed for their work.