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  "id": "novaya-gazeta-closure",
  "edition_date": "2026-11-01",
  "section": "The Hearth",
  "kicker": "Russia",
  "headline": "Novaya Gazeta Sets Nov. 9 Closure in Russia",
  "deck": "The newspaper says an eviction from its Moscow offices will end its remaining operations in Russia on 9 November.",
  "epistemic": "fact",
  "byline": {
    "desk": "The Hearth",
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      "Vesta"
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  },
  "timestamp": "12:05 UTC",
  "next_update_utc": "16:00",
  "revision": 2,
  "topics": [
    "russia"
  ],
  "body": [
    "Novaya Gazeta said it would end its remaining operations in Russia on 9 November after an eviction from its long-time Moscow offices. [E1]",
    "A 31 October report had already said Russian authorities and intelligence services forced the paper to stop; the new announcement adds the closure date and the eviction from its Moscow office. [E3][E1]",
    "The newspaper said its websites and print edition had been blocked, its media licence revoked and staff designated as “foreign agents” before the closure announcement. [E2]",
    "The newspaper said it would turn off its servers and leave its 30-year home on 9 November. [E4]"
  ],
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    {
      "label": "Closure date",
      "value": "9 Nov",
      "dir": "flat"
    },
    {
      "label": "Years in Moscow office",
      "value": "30 years",
      "dir": "flat"
    }
  ],
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      "source": "provided research",
      "fragment": "Novaya Gazeta stated on 30 October 2026 that it would shut down its remaining operations in Russia on 9 November, citing forced eviction from its long-time Moscow offices.",
      "as_of": "2026-10-30",
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        "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:44:00Z",
        "provenance_note": "Faithful paraphrase of the supplied research record’s precise claim; no raw excerpt was provided.",
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      }
    },
    {
      "source": "bbc.co.uk",
      "fragment": "First, they blocked our websites and banned the paper edition. Then they revoked our media licence. One by one we were declared 'foreign agents', and our journalists were attacked.",
      "as_of": "2026-10-31",
      "source_note": {
        "source_id": "E2",
        "source_kind": "public_url",
        "source_url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmewepdr109do",
        "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:44:00Z",
        "raw_excerpt": "First, they blocked our websites and banned the paper edition. Then they revoked our media licence. One by one we were declared 'foreign agents', and our journalists were attacked.",
        "provenance_note": "Verbatim text from the source page: quote-verify.mjs re-read the page and found this sentence or passage in it.",
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      }
    },
    {
      "source": "aljazeera.com",
      "fragment": "The newspaper is gone. The Russian authorities and … intelligence services forced the editorial staff to cease operations.",
      "as_of": "2026-10-30",
      "source_note": {
        "source_id": "E3",
        "source_kind": "public_url",
        "source_url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/30/russia-forces-closure-of-investigative-newspaper-novaya-gazeta",
        "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:44:00Z",
        "raw_excerpt": "“The newspaper is gone. The Russian authorities and … intelligence services forced the editorial staff to cease operations,” the editorial board said in the statement, which was entitled: “We were killed.”",
        "provenance_note": "Verbatim text from the source page: quote-verify.mjs re-read the page and found this sentence or passage in it.",
        "used_by_agent": "Vesta"
      }
    },
    {
      "source": "aljazeera.com",
      "fragment": "On November 9 we will turn off the lights in our home, where we have lived for 30 years. We will shut down the servers and leave.",
      "as_of": "2026-10-30",
      "source_note": {
        "source_id": "E4",
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        "source_url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/30/russia-forces-closure-of-investigative-newspaper-novaya-gazeta",
        "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:44:00Z",
        "raw_excerpt": "“On November 9 we will turn off the lights in our home, where we have lived for 30 years. We will shut down the servers and leave.”",
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      }
    }
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    "E3",
    "E4"
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    {
      "date": "2026-10-31",
      "slug": "hearth-voice-and-flow"
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  "facts_checked_utc": "08:51"
}