Russia: Independent Novaya Gazeta shuts its Moscow newsroom

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The Novaya Gazeta newspaper closed its Moscow office on Monday, saying it was not able to continue reporting amid a campaign of state pressure in Russia . The investigative outlet, co-founded by late USSR chief Mikhail Gorbachev, had long been a thorn in the Kremlin's side. In recent years, it ran into increasing roadblocks amid its critical coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine . It was branded a "foreign agent," a Soviet-era term resuscitated by President Vladimir Putin 's administration, with officials ordering it to vacate its Moscow offices. Russian banks were also forbidden from processing donations from readers and supporters.