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Russia’s Novaya Gazeta newspaper suspends activity after warning

Pressure against liberal Russian media outlets has mounted since Moscow sent troops into Ukraine last month [File: Maxim Shemetov/Reuters]

Russia’s Novaya Gazeta newspaper, whose editor Dmitry Muratov was a co-winner of last year’s Nobel Peace Prize, has said it was suspending its online and print activities until the end of Russia’s “special operation” in Ukraine.

The investigative paper, which has already removed material from its website on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to comply with a new media law, said it had received another warning from state communications regulator Roskomnadzor on Monday about its reporting, prompting it to pause operations.

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