### [2026-11-9](/feed/2026/11/9/index.md)

##### Censorship in Russia
# Russian independent newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" ceases operations as it closes its offices in Moscow, citing pressure from Russian authorities and security services, including restrictions on its operations, loss of media registration, and blocked donations. 




### Sources:

1. [AP](https://apnews.com/article/russian-newspaper-media-novaya-gazeta-closure-01cca444cb9636ee74a57979b0dcd604)

### Changes:

1. Russian independent newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" closes its offices in Moscow, citing pressure from Russian authorities and security services, including restrictions on its operations, loss of media registration, and blocked donations.  _2026-11-10 04:22:55 (First version)_
1. Russian independent newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" ceases operations as it closes its offices in Moscow, citing pressure from Russian authorities and security services, including restrictions on its operations, loss of media registration, and blocked donations.  _(Current version)_

### Related:

1. [Russian independent newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" announces plans to cease operations on 9 November, citing pressure from Russian authorities. ](/feed/2026/10/30/russian-independent-newspaper-novaya-gazeta-announces-plans-to-cease-operations-on-9-november-citing-pressure-from-ru.md) _Context: Novaya Gazeta, Russia_
2. [Ukrainian forces launch a major drone attack on Moscow Oblast, Russia, striking the Dubna Space Communications Center to the north of Moscow. Russian authorities say a Ukrainian drone struck a residential building in Yegoryevsk, killing an infant, while another drone strike reportedly kills a 61-year-old woman in Tver Oblast. ](/feed/2026/06/30/ukrainian-forces-launch-a-major-drone-attack-on-moscow-oblast-russia-striking-the-dubna-space-communications-center-to.md) _Context: Moscow, Russia_
3. [Police in Moscow, Russia, detain Iranian nationals who celebrated the killing of former supreme leader Ali Khamenei in public. ](/feed/2026/03/6/police-in-moscow-russia-detain-iranian-nationals-who-celebrated-the-killing-of-former-supreme-leader-ali-khamenei-in-p.md) _Context: Moscow, Russia_
4. [A 65-year-old man accused of shooting and critically injuring lieutenant general Vladimir Alekseyev on February 6 is detained in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and is deported to Moscow, Russia. ](/feed/2026/02/8/a-65-year-old-man-accused-of-shooting-and-critically-injuring-lieutenant-general-vladimir-alekseyev-on-february-6-is-det.md) _Context: Moscow, Russia_
5. [The deputy head of Russian military intelligence, lieutenant general Vladimir Alekseyev, is shot and critically injured in Moscow, Russia. ](/feed/2026/02/6/the-deputy-head-of-russian-military-intelligence-lieutenant-general-vladimir-alekseyev-is-shot-and-critically-injured.md) _Context: Moscow, Russia_
6. [The first train from North Korea arrives at the Yaroslavsky railway station in Moscow, Russia, after a five-year pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ](/feed/2025/06/25/the-first-train-from-north-korea-arrives-at-the-yaroslavsky-railway-station-in-moscow-russia-after-a-five-year-pause-d.md) _Context: Moscow, Russia_
7. [A court in Moscow, Russia, sentences Leonid Volkov, an ally of Alexei Navalny, to 18 years in prison "in absentia" and fines him 2 million rubles (US$25,000) on criminal charges including justifying terrorism and organizing and financing an extremist group. ](/feed/2025/06/11/a-court-in-moscow-russia-sentences-leonid-volkov-an-ally-of-alexei-navalny-to-18-years-in-prison-in-absentia-and-f.md) _Context: Moscow, Russia_
8. [Russian media reports that police raided the publisher office of Eksmo Publishing House yesterday and arrested several of its employees, accusing them of spreading "LGBTQ+ extremism". ](/feed/2025/05/15/russian-media-reports-that-police-raided-the-publisher-office-of-eksmo-publishing-house-yesterday-and-arrested-several-o.md) _Context: Russia, independent newspaper_
9. [At least three people are killed, fifteen others are injured, including children, and several apartments are destroyed in a gas explosion at an apartment block in Moscow, Russia. ](/feed/2025/05/4/at-least-three-people-are-killed-fifteen-others-are-injured-including-children-and-several-apartments-are-destroyed-i.md) _Context: Moscow, Russia_
10. [A bomb explodes inside a building in Moscow, Russia, killing two people and wounding three. The presumed main target, Armen Sarkisyan, a pro-Russia leader in the Donbas, is among the dead. ](/feed/2025/02/3/a-bomb-explodes-inside-a-building-in-moscow-russia-killing-two-people-and-wounding-three-the-presumed-main-target-ar.md) _Context: Moscow, Russia_