A statement from from Meduza’s editorial team and fellow journalists in support of Novaya Gazeta

Novaya Gazeta has announced it is shutting down. We never thought we would have to write these words — and yet that’s the reality. The story of the most important independent news outlet in modern Russia has come to an end.Novaya was a unique newspaper from its founding to its final day. No other newsroom has a record like this: an extraordinary body of investigative reporting and exceptional journalism, an impressive array of awards — including Dmitry Muratov’s Nobel Peace Prize — and a list of journalists who were murdered.By every measure, it was the best media outlet in Russian history. In a testament to that distinction, Novaya Gazeta was the only major independent outlet that kept operating inside the country after 2022, in defiance of wartime censorship, dictatorship, and even the instinct for self-preservation.We admire your loyalty to the profession. We thank you for everything. And we promise to continue your work for as long as we can. We also know that you are unbreakable and never give up. You’ll find a way, as you have so many times before.That is why we refuse to say goodbye to you. Novaya Gazeta will not disappear.Thank you.At Meduza, we are committed to transparency about our use of artificial intelligence in the newsroom. The story you’re reading was written by one of our living, breathing journalists and translated from Russian using an AI model configured to follow our strict editorial standards. This translation process is the result of extensive testing and refinements to ensure our English-language coverage is timely and accurate. A Meduza editor reviews every draft before publication.If you find any errors in this translation, please contact us at [email protected].To read Meduza’s exclusive content in English, please subscribe to our newsletter.Meduza’s editorial team, as well as:Dmitry Kolezev, journalistAndrei Soldatov, Agentura.ruIlya Rozhdestvensky, journalistIvan Filippov, writerSvetlana Reiter, journalistYegor Skovoroda, journalistPavel Sverdlov, Belarus TomorrowGrigory Sverdlin, Idite LesomNikita Parmenov, journalist, editorial team of PepelDmitry Zair-Bek, Pervyi OtdelIlya Panin, journalist, ChertaDenis Korotkov, Dossier CenterIrina Bogoran, Agentura.ruArmen Aramyan, DoxaAndrei Borzenko, journalistOlga Romashova, MediazonaDasha Manzhura, journalistOlga Orlova, T-InvariantOlya Churakova, journalistAnna Nemzer, KronikaLola Tagayeva, VerstkaMikhail Danilovich, Novaya VkladkaTaisia Bekbulatova, HolodValeria Kirsanova, journalistTatyana Ivanova, BumagaMika Golubovsky, editorKarina Pronina, People of Baikal Alexandra Livergant, Zimin FoundationIvan Makridin, journalistSergei Parkhomenko, journalistElizaveta Osetinskaya, The BellIrina Malkova, The BellPyotr Mironenko, The Bell