The publication said it had been “killed” by state pressure after years of repression targeting its journalists. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Founded in 1993 after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Novaya Gazeta was one of Russia's most reputable and renowned organisations reporting and documenting human rights abuses.

Russian independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta has announced it will shut down, with Editor-in-Chief Sergei Sokolov blaming pressure from Russian authorities, including the security services, following a search of his home and the arrest of one of the publication’s journalists. “Novaya Gazeta is ceasing to exist,” Sokolov said in a video statement posted on YouTube on Friday.

Russia’s leading independent newspaper survived three decades, six murders, threats, an acid attack on its co-founder and the seizure of its printing press.

MOSCOW, Oct 30 - The Russian independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta said on Friday that it was winding up its remaining operations after a campaign of state pressure in which a senior editor has been prosecuted and its financial support and premises have been taken away. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Novaya Gazeta, the venerable investigative Russian newspaper whose reporting staff included the slain Anna Politkovskaya and at least five others who were killed or died under suspicious circumstances, announced it was shutting down.

Novaya Gazeta will publish its final edition and shut down on November 9. The closure ends more than three decades of independent reporting amid state pressure.

Novaya Gazeta, the venerable investigative Russian newspaper whose reporting staff included the slain Anna Politkovskaya and at least five others who were killed or died under suspicious circumstances, announced it was shutting down.

Russia's renowned independent newspaper, Novaya Gazeta, has announced its closure after over three decades, citing relentless official pressure.