“The Moscow Basmanny court recognized as invalid registration certificate (as a medium) of the paper version of Novaya Gazeta,” the newspaper, whose editor-in-chief, Dmitry Muratovwas one of two recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2021.
The announcement comes just after the death and funeral of Mikhail Gorbachevlast leader of the Soviet Union, who died last week at the age of 91 and was precisely a historical supporter of Novaya Gazeta. Muratov himself led the funeral procession for the late leader on Saturday.
The Basmanny court, which confirmed the decision in a statement, thus responded to a complaint filed in late July by the Russian press regulator, Roskomnadzorwhich argued that the newspaper had not transmitted, according to the regulations in force, “the statutes of the newsroom” at the time of registering again with the administration in 2006.
The war in Ukraine, a turning point
In two other different complaints, also filed in July, Rozkomnadzor also asked to annul the authorizations of the digital edition and of one new magazine of Novaya Gazeta. These demands will be examined by the Russian justice during September.
At the end of March, Novaya Gazeta, which critically covered the war in Ukraine, decided to suspend publication online and in print for fear of reprisals in Russia. So that, in fact, the newspaper had been out of print for months.
The authorities also accuse him of having broken the law by not always and clearly identifying in his articles the organizations and individuals designated as “foreign agents” and quoted in the newspaper.
Novaya Gazeta was founded in 1993 and is known for its in-depth investigations into corruption of Russian elites and the serious violations of human rights, in particular in Chechnya. Since its creation, six of its journalists have been killed.
Source: Ambito
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