Novaya Gazeta is closing: the editorial staff bid farewell to readers with a Shevchuk song.
The closure of Novaya Gazeta is a fact: the staff left the editorial building and said goodbye to readers to the sound of Yuri Shevchuk's song. Editor-in-chief Sergei Sokolov declared, "We're not saying goodbye."
Staff of Novaya Gazeta leave editorial building and say goodbye to readers and colleagues to the tune of Yuri Shevchuk's song "This is all that will remain after me."
Sokolov: "Novaya Gazeta" is the idea and purpose of life
"Thank you for your support. It allows us to create something else in the future, so we're not saying goodbye. We'll definitely come up with something, because Novaya Gazeta isn't just a website; it's an idea and a life goal for those who work here. And that can't be shut down. We'll live on, and I'm confident that the country, caught in this terrible time, will finally [wake up]... And as soon as the first signs appear, Novaya Gazeta will return to you, our readers, and our colleagues."
сказал Novaya Gazeta's editor-in-chief Sergei Sokolov, addressing those gathered in front of the editorial office. his words, “these were 34 years of happy work in a very difficult country.”
Muratov on political prisoners and the war in Ukraine
Novaya Gazeta co-founder and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dmitry Muratov called on everyone not to forget about Russian political prisoners and commented on the situation in Ukraine.
"My dears, we find ourselves in difficult times. Right now, power, water, and heat could be wiped off the face of the earth in Ukrainian cities. These cities will be sacked like dust. We must stop this madness and this carnage. <…> We must establish a permanent humanitarian corridor that will allow for a ceasefire, which will then be extended to cover the entire war."
сказал Muratov.
The last planning meeting before the closure of Novaya Gazeta
Before the closure of the Sokolov newspaper I spent The final planning meeting. Afterward, the portraits of murdered colleagues were removed from the wall: Igor Domnikov, Yuri Shchekochikhin, Anna Politkovskaya, Stanislav Markelov, Anastasia Baburova, and Natalia Estemirova.
Peskov on the closure of Novaya Gazeta
"It would be wrong to say that the era of independent Russian media is ending. You know that Russian media are quite multifaceted, they're multimedia, they're developing rapidly, and they're still growing in a fairly competitive environment. Of course, from year to year, some media outlets cease to exist, and new ones take their place. This is a normal rotation process," said Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov, commenting on the closure of Novaya Gazeta.
October 30, Novaya Gazeta announced that “Russian authorities and Russian special services forced the editorial staff to cease operations” and “the newspaper no longer exists.”