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Russia's leading independent newspaper closes after eviction

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Russia's leading independent newspaper closes after eviction

Russia's leading independent newspaper has closed after being evicted from its offices and facing pressure from authorities. For 30 years, Novaya Gazeta published investigations into corruption, human rights violations and abuse of power in the country. The Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia's media was highly diverse and that the newspaper's closure was part of "a standard rotational process". Russia's leading independent newspaper closes after eviction.

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