# Russia’s Novaya Gazeta to shut down under state pressure

https://mins.news/en/item/122291

- DW, 2026-10-30 11:09 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/russia-critical-newspaper-novaya-gazeta-to-close/a-79805693?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> The independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta says it will cease operations under pressure from state authorities. Editor-in-chief Sergei Sokolov said the authorities had forced the editorial team to stop working, and the paper said it would shut down its servers on November 9.

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