Novaya Gazeta closes Moscow newsroom after foreign agent label

Al Jazeera reports the paper is closing citing a government crackdown, and that it was one of the few remaining Russian outlets criticizing the war in Ukraine. The BBC says it was evicted from its offices and blocked from receiving donations.

Eastern Europe · Russia · Ukraine · Unrest

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• Russian investigative newspaper Novaya Gazeta closes citing gov’t clampdown (Al Jazeera)
• Russia's leading independent newspaper closes after eviction (BBC)
• Russia: Independent Novaya Gazeta shuts its Moscow newsroom (DW)
• Lights to go out at Russia's Novaya Gazeta, independent newspaper known for its fearless reporting (Reuters)

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