Russia’s Novaya Gazeta Suspends Operations After Kremlin Warnings

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
publication announced Monday.The independent newspaper, whose editor Dmitry Muratov won the Nobel Peace Prize last year, said it had taken
in the newspaper's media license being revoked.The official reason for the warnings was the newspaper's alleged failure to properly label
"foreign agents" in its articles, but the warnings are widely considered to be in retaliation to Novaya Gazeta's coverage of the
paper said in a post on Telegram.Russia has ramped up a crackdown of independent media and civil society since it launched its invasion of
Ukraine in February
Outlets are banned from reporting anything except official government sources, with editors and outlets potentially liable for up to 15
years in prison for breaking the new rules.Most Russian independent outlets have been forced into exile, but Novaya Gazeta initially tried
Six of its reporters have been killed in assassinations the paper and rights groups says are connected to their reporting into corruption