Russian investigative newspaper Novaya Gazeta closes citing gov’t clampdown

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Russian investigative newspaper Novaya Gazeta has ended operations due to pressure from authorities. The newspaper reported that it held its last editorial meeting on Monday and closed its newsroom. It announced last month that it was being forced to shut down after being classed as a “foreign agent” by Moscow, a label used to stifle dissent. The Russian media has come under increased scrutiny from the state amid Moscow’s war on Ukraine. In October, authorities searched the home of Novaya Gazeta’s editor-in-chief, Sergei Sokolov, and took him in for questioning. Another editor at the paper, Oleg Roldugin, was arrested in April. Cofounder Dmitry Muratov addressed journalists who gathered to witness the closure of the Novaya Gazeta office in Moscow.