Under Pressure From State Media, Russian Liberal Paper May Go Out of Print
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One of Russia’s oldest and most liberal newspapers, famous for its critical stance against the Kremlin, is likely to go out of print, having come under considerable pressure due to competition from Russia’s state-sponsored newspapers.
Novaya Gazeta’s editor-in-chief Dmitry Muratov told Russian television station Dozhd that the newspaper would probably stop its print operations in May, although he did not say whether the newspaper’s website would continue to function...
“...The independent media in Russia is under enormous pressure, both politically and commercially, in its battle to publish stories that the authorities would rather are not covered,” says Rachael Jolley, editor of Index on Censorship. “Novaya Gazeta is seen as one of the last independent voices that tries to bring the Russian people objective coverage of important news.”
“Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, who was killed for her reporting, was one of the paper's most famous writers, and is emblematic of the type of reporting that is now being suppressed in Russia,” Jolley continues.
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