I knew I was working for the best newspaper on earth. On October 30, Novaya Gazeta, an independent media outlet that continued to operate in Russia all this time, announced its closure. Throughout its 30 years of activity, heavy pressure was placed on Novaya - the editorial board was systematically threatened, its journalists were attacked and six of its employees were killed. In the last five years, the newspaper worked "in the dark environment of the secret services". During this period, the publication sites were blocked, the newspaper was stripped of its media license, and the editor-in-chief, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dmitri Muratov, was attacked and declared a "foreign agent." In September 2026, Novaya herself was recognized as a "foreign agent", and in October they decided to evict her from her office in central Moscow and cut off her ability to collect donations. You can read the full statement from the Novaya Gazeta editors here. On the closing day of publication, we publish an excerpt from Elena Kostyuchenko's book "My Beloved Country" (it included reports that the journalist wrote for Novaya) about working in "the best newspaper on earth". Fascism advanced abroad. We have described it as best we can. Our newspaper was published three times a week, throughout the country, the website was updated around the clock. We did our job well, we tried very hard. It was scary, disgusting, sad outside. It was hot here. I knew I was working for the best newspaper on earth. More and more often, journalists talked about censorship in their media and removed texts. Their publications were closed, one by one, and there were fewer and fewer jobs. new vein It was not easy to close us. We ourselves were the main shareholders in our publication, we ourselves chose the editor-in-chief, the members of the editorial board and the editorial board. Elections were held every two years. Election plans, election debates, ballots were printed and a counting committee was elected. There are no choices out there, but we have them. We thought it was funny. We could work 32 days since the start of the war. Nubaya then received two warnings from the censorship agency; So the communication license must be taken.

I knew I was working for the best newspaper on earth. On October 30, Novaya Gazeta, an independent media outlet that continued to operate in Russia all this time, announced its closure. Throughout its 30 years of activity, heavy pressure was placed on Novaya - the editorial board was systematically threatened, its journalists were attacked and six of its employees were killed. In the last five years, the newspaper worked "in the dark environment of the secret services". During this period, the publication sites were blocked, the newspaper was stripped of its media license, and the editor-in-chief, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dmitri Muratov, was attacked and declared a "foreign agent." In September 2026, Novaya herself was recognized as a "foreign agent", and in October they decided to evict her from her office in central Moscow and cut off her ability to collect donations. You can read the full statement from the Novaya Gazeta editors here. On the closing day of publication, we publish an excerpt from Elena Kostyuchenko's book "My Beloved Country" (it included reports that the journalist wrote for Novaya) about working in "the best newspaper on earth". Fascism advanced abroad. We have described it as best we can. Our newspaper was published three times a week, throughout the country, the website was updated around the clock. We did our job well, we tried very hard. It was scary, disgusting, sad outside. It was hot here. I knew I was working for the best newspaper on earth. More and more often, journalists talked about censorship in their media and removed texts. Their publications were closed, one by one, and there were fewer and fewer jobs. new vein It was not easy to close us. We ourselves were the main shareholders in our publication, we ourselves chose the editor-in-chief, the members of the editorial board and the editorial board. Elections were held every two years. Election plans, election debates, ballots were printed and a counting committee was elected. There are no choices out there, but we have them. We thought it was funny. We could work 32 days since the start of the war. Nubaya then received two warnings from the censorship agency; So the communication license must be taken.