# Russia’s Novaya Gazeta ‘killed off’ amid murders, arrests and pressure

https://mins.news/en/item/123408

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-31 03:27 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/10/31/russias-novaya-gazeta-killed-off-after-murders-arrests-and-pressure?traffic_source=rss

> Russia’s prominent investigative newspaper Novaya Gazeta is closing. Its staff accuse the government of finally succeeding in killing it off after decades of pressure. The paper says six of its journalists were murdered, including Anna Politkovskaya, nearly 20 years ago.

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