‘They killed us’: Russia’s last independent newspaper falls silent amid pressure from Kremlin

By Zahra Ullah, Anna Chernova, CNN Moscow (CNN) — Novaya Gazeta , one of Russia’s last independent news outlets, announced on Friday it would close down operations due to pressure from authorities. “Novaya Gazeta has been killed,” Editor-in-chief Sergei Sokolov said in a video statement. “On November 9, we will turn off the lights in the home where we have lived for 30 years. We will shut down…

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