Russian court revokes license of Muratov's newspaper

By Agence France-Presse

Sep 06, 2022 12:01 am

MOSCOW: A Russian court on Monday stripped investigative newspaper Novaya Gazeta — whose top editor shared the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize with Filipino journalist Maria Ressa — of its print license, in the latest blow to the Eastern European country's independent media.

The announcement came as another Moscow tribunal was expected to issue a verdict in the case of former defense reporter Ivan Safronov, who faces up to 24 years in jail on controversial treason charges.

Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of the Russian independent newspaper ‘Novaya Gazeta,’ sits prior to a hearing in the Basmanny District Court in Moscow on Monday, Sept. 5, 2022. AP PHOTO

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