Novaya Gazeta Closes: Russia's Leading Independent Paper Shuts Down

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Novaya Gazeta has closed after 30 years of independent publishing in Russia.

The newsroom was forced out of its offices and blocked from receiving reader donations.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov described the closure as a 'standard rotational process'.

Co-founder Dmitry Muratov is a Nobel Peace Prize winner known for fighting media censorship.

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