{"id":127751,"date":"2026-10-30T17:21:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T15:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disinfo.md\/the-kremlin-has-killed-novaya-gazeta-the-newspaper-is-shutting-down-under-pressure\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T11:56:12","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T09:56:12","slug":"the-kremlin-has-killed-novaya-gazeta-the-newspaper-is-shutting-down-under-pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disinfo.md\/en\/the-kremlin-has-killed-novaya-gazeta-the-newspaper-is-shutting-down-under-pressure\/","title":{"rendered":"The Kremlin Has \u201cKilled\u201d Novaya Gazeta. The Newspaper Is Shutting Down Under Pressure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Russia\u2019s Novaya Gazeta is closing on November 9. The newspaper, known for its investigations into corruption and human rights abuses, will cease operations on November 9. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The journalists issued a statement titled \u201cThey Have Killed Us.\u201d They claim that the decision was forced by the intelligence services and the authorities in Moscow.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to them, the system they used to receive donations from readers has been blocked, and staff have been notified that they must vacate the premises where they have worked for 30 years. The newspaper\u2019s final issue has yet to be published.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before the publication shut down, the Kremlin blocked its websites, and Russia\u2019s Ministry of Justice added every member of its editorial staff to the register of \u201cforeign agents.\u201d The editor-in-chief\u2019s home was also recently searched.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Novaya Gazeta was founded in 1993. Its journalists investigated corruption, abuses by law enforcement, electoral fraud, and crimes within the military.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, some members of the team left Russia and founded a separate publication, Novaya Gazeta Europe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia\u2019s Novaya Gazeta is closing on November 9. The newspaper, known for its investigations into corruption and human rights abuses, will cease operations on November 9. The journalists issued a statement titled \u201cThey Have Killed Us.\u201d They claim that the decision was forced by the intelligence services and the authorities in Moscow. According to them,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":127643,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1135],"tags":[16853,16424,21098,18376,21095,14922],"class_list":["post-127751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-foreign-affairs-en","tag-inchidere-2","tag-declaratie-3","tag-investigatii-2","tag-jurnalisti-3","tag-novaya-gazeta","tag-rusia-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Kremlin Has \u201cKilled\u201d Novaya Gazeta. 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