From Russian court revokes web license of top independent newspaper
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In this file photo from March 24, 2021, journalists of Russian investigative newspaper Novaya Gazeta work at the independent media outlet's editorial office in Moscow. (Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP)
MOSCOW — Russia pulls online publishing rights for the country’s most prominent independent newspaper, Novaya Gazeta, dealing another blow to the country’s crippled media that is dominated by state-controlled press.
“The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation has ordered a halt to activities of the Novaya Gazeta website (novayagazeta.ru) as a media outlet,” the newspaper writes in a statement on social media.
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