Photo: APToday, "Nova Gazeta", the last independent media in Russia, stopped working until the end of the "special military operation". The formal reason is that it did not properly identify an organization that the authorities consider a "foreign agent", and the informal reason is simply because it is not aligned with the Kremlin
"We are suspending the publication of newspapers on our website, social networks and in the press until the end of the 'special operation' on the territory of Ukraine," announced "Nova Gazeta" today.
The newsroom decided to stop working after receiving a second warning from state communications regulator Roskomnadzor over its reporting. The editor of this newspaper, Dmitry Muratov, told the readers that the decision was difficult, "but that they had no other choice."
The editors asked for an explanation as to why they received a new warning, but received none. Russian news agencies published a statement from the Roskomandzor that Nova Gazeta had not properly identified the organization that the authorities consider a "foreign agent". "Nova Gazeta" is known for its articles critical of the Kremlin.
Immediately at the beginning of the war, Dmitry Muratov expressed his regret that Russia attacked Ukraine. He won the Nobel Peace Prize last October for his fight for media freedom in Russia.
Then, after it is Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a decree which punishes anyone "who spreads false news about the activities of the Russian military in Ukraine and calls for the introduction of sanctions", announced that it will fight against censorship by stopping publishing all content about Russian military actions in Ukraine, but will therefore continue to reports on the growing economic crisis, falling living standards and the persecution of Russian dissidents.
Readers of "Nova Gazeta" and opposition-oriented Russians express their regret for the closure of this media. "I would like Roskomandzor to stop working," wrote one of the arrested anti-war activists, Andrey Pivovarov, on Twitter.
After the decree that prescribes how to report on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the majority of the Russian media adhere to the Kremlin's official positions, while the independent media stopped working. The state blocked Radio Echo of Moscow and many portals, including the BBC, Voice of America and Radio Free Europe and DW in Russian. Many foreign reporters have left Moscow, because the rules on reporting on the war apply to them as well.
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