Normal rotation process". The Kremlin referred to the closure of Novaya Gazeta, which had been working in Russia for 33 years.
"Well, it would be wrong to say that the era of independent Russian media is passing. You know that the Russian media is multi-faceted, it is multimedia, it develops rapidly and exists and develops under conditions of quite fierce competition. Of course, from year to year some of the media ceases to exist, their place is taken by the new media. This is a normal rotation process," said Kremlin spokesman D. Paklokov. Novaya Gazeta.
The full statement of Novaya Gazeta, which announced its closure due to government pressure, can be read here.
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