These were 34 years of happy work in a very difficult country" - the first reaction of the editor-in-chief Sergey Sokolov after the closing of the newspaper.
"A little sadness, a little anger - there are circumstances that we have not been able to overcome. But the most important thing is that I understand very well that I am incredibly proud and I have not been ashamed one day in all the 34 years that I have worked at Nova Gazeta*. Those were good years. We had a lot of readers. We had many bitter days, but our colleagues were happy. 34 years of happy work in a very difficult country," said Sokolov.
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