Novaya Gazeta plans 9 November shutdown after years of restrictions
The announced office and server shutdown goes beyond earlier publication restrictions. The newspaper attributes its decision to pressure that has removed its remaining resources.
Novaya Gazeta says it will leave its Moscow office and shut down its servers on 9 November, with one final issue still to come. Its 30 October editorial blames Russian authorities and security services for forcing the operation to end. [1][2]
What changes now is the ability to keep an editorial operation going, rather than another restriction on distributing its work. The paper says it continued working after its website was blocked, its licence revoked and its printing press seized. It now identifies eviction and the closure of its reader-donation system as the loss of the resources that remained. [1]
That distinction sits within a longer institutional history. Associated Press reports that the newspaper began in 1993 and that longtime editor Dmitry Muratov, a 2021 Nobel Peace Prize co-recipient, stepped down as editor in 2023. The new announcement concerns the operation itself, beyond that earlier leadership change. [2][1]
AP reported no immediate response from Russian authorities. The next stated milestones are the final issue and the 9 November departure; the statement gives no separate date for the issue. [2][1]
Sources & context · 2
- Novaya Gazeta
Editorial, 30 October: planned shutdown and attributed account of lost resources.
- Associated Press
Independent institutional history and response status; updated 30 October, 15:00 UTC.