Novaya Gazeta is an independent Russian newspaper known for its critical and investigative coverage of Russian political and social affairs. It is published in Moscow, in regions within Russia, and in some foreign countries. The print edition is published on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays; English-language articles on the website are published on a weekly basis in the form of the Russia, Explained newsletter.
A group of former journalists from Komsomolskaya Pravda organised the newspaper in 1993, its first name was Ezhednevnaya Novaya Gazeta (Daily New Gazette). Mikhail Gorbachev used the money from his 1990 Nobel Peace Prize to help establish the Novaya Gazeta in 1993 and purchase its first computers.
Murdered Journalists
Seven Novaya Gazeta journalists, including Yuri Shchekochikhin, Anna Politkovskaya and Anastasia Baburova, have been murdered since 2000, in connection with their investigations.
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In October 2021, Novaya Gazeta‘s editor-in-chief Dmitry Muratov was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, alongside Maria Ressa, for their safeguarding of freedom of expression in their homelands.
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Norwegian holding Amedia announced it would be exiting the Russian market and handed over control of four of its six printing presses in the country to Dmitry Muratov.
Novaya Gazeta suspended its publication in March 2022, shortly after the start of Russia’s full-scale military invasion of Ukraine and the introduction of new repressive laws. After this, some journalists left the country and launched the publication “Novaya Gazeta Europe” with an editorial office in Riga.
On February 7 2023, the Moscow City Court stripped Novaya Gazeta of its media license.
On September 4 2023, Muratov announced that he was temporarily leaving the post of editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta while he challenged his inclusion in the Ministry of Justice list of “foreign agents” in court.
On September 18, 2023 Putin signed a decree nationalizing printing presses that the previous foreign owner Amedia had transferred to Muratov.
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