Russia's Novaya Gazeta closes after 'foreign agent' designation
The independent Moscow newspaper, known for reporting critical of Vladimir Putin, held its final editorial meeting and is vacating its office, France 24 reported.
Novaya Gazeta, the Russian investigative newspaper known for reporting critical of President Vladimir Putin, wound up operations on Monday and prepared to quit its central Moscow office, France 24 reported.
The paper held its final editorial meeting on Monday, 9 November, before staff left the office, according to France 24. The outlet reported that Novaya Gazeta was bowing to what it said was a campaign of state pressure that had made it impossible to carry on reporting.
CNA reported that the newspaper announced last month that it would have to close after it was designated a "foreign agent". The designation is a formal label Russian authorities apply to organisations, and CNA's account ties the closure decision to it. Neither report said which body issued the designation or on what date.
Reuters carried the closure on Monday under the headline that the lights were going out at Novaya Gazeta after years of defiant reporting. The agency described the paper as independent and known for fearless reporting. U.S. News & World Report published the same headline and standfirst on Monday.
France 24 described Novaya Gazeta as an investigative newspaper critical of Putin. The paper's name, and its record of reporting on the Russian government, made its closure a marker of the shrinking space for independent journalism in Russia.
The reports did not say how many staff remain, what will happen to the paper's archive or whether any successor publication will operate. They also did not say whether the paper plans to continue publishing from outside Russia.
How the reports differ
CNA alone reported that Novaya Gazeta announced last month it would have to close after being designated a "foreign agent", a detail the Reuters copy did not carry. France 24 dated the wind-up to Monday, 9 November, said the paper was preparing to quit its central Moscow office after a final editorial meeting, and framed the closure as bowing to what the paper called a campaign of state pressure. Reuters led instead on the paper's record, with the headline that the lights were going out after years of defiant reporting, and U.S. News & World Report carried that headline and standfirst unchanged.
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