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March 29, 2022

Russia's Leading Independent Newspaper Shuttered After Warnings from State Censor
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In Russia, the prominent independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta said Monday
it will halt operations until the war in Ukraine has ended, after the
paper's editors received a second warning from a Russian state censor.
Last year, the paper's editor-in-chief, Dmitry Muratov, won a Nobel
Peace Prize for his work reporting in the face of government repression
and censorship. Muratov recently put his Nobel medal up for auction,
with proceeds of its sale set to support Ukrainian refugees.

Also on Monday, the Kremlin ordered Russian media outlets not to publish
a rare interview of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky by Russian
journalists, including Dmitry Muratov. It's believed at least 150
journalists have left Russia since the start of the Ukraine invasion
last month.


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