@france24_en: 🇷🇺 Newspaper #NovayaGazeta, one of the last vestiges of independent journalism in #Russia, announced Friday that it was closing down, citing pressure from authorities who recently searched the home of its senior editor and earlier this year detained one of its journalists. "Novaya Gazeta is ceasing to exist," Editor-in-Chief Sergei Sokolov said in a statement published on YouTube. "The Russian authorities – the Russian special services – have forced the editorial team to end its work". Learn more on our website 🔗