Russia brands the newspaper Novaya Gazeta a ‘foreign agent,’ three years after doing the same to its Nobel-winning editor
Russia’s Justice Ministry has added the newspaper Novaya Gazeta to its registry of “foreign agents.”
The ministry has also added commentator Sergei Leibgrad; Felix Sandalov, former editor-in-chief of the Individuum publishing house; professor Tatyana Tatarinova; and the journal Istoricheskaya Ekspertiza (Historical Expertise) to the list.
The ministry also published a list of more than 100 people affiliated with Novaya Gazeta.
People identified as affiliated are not subject to the restrictions imposed on “foreign agents,” but they are subject to additional requirements — for instance, they must disclose their status as “affiliated with a foreign agent” when running for office.
Novaya Gazeta, an independent Russian newspaper, stopped publishing a print edition in 2022 after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. That same year, Moscow’s Basmanny District Court stripped the paper of its media license.
Russian authorities designated Dmitry Muratov — the editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate — a “foreign agent” in 2023.
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