Russian court upholds closure of Kremlin-critical independent newspaper

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>A court in Moscow upheld a verdict to revoke the license of a top independent newspaper that has been critical of the Kremlin for years&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The ruling by the Moscow City Court against Novaya Gazeta&comma; which was Russia’s most renowned independent newspaper until the authorities ordered it shut last year&comma; comes as Russia’s campaign in Ukraine approaches its one-year mark&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The court rejected Novaya Gazeta’s appeal against September’s ruling by a district court in Moscow that approved a petition by Russia’s media regulator to revoke Novaya Gazeta’s licence&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The regulator accused the newspaper of failing to submit its newsroom charter to authorities on time&comma; the claim that Novaya Gazeta rejected as a cover for what it described as the authorities’ effort to muzzle an independent voice&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Dmitry Muratov&comma; Nobel Peace Prize-winning editor-in-chief of the newspaper&comma; denounced Tuesday’s ruling&comma; saying that it &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;serves a bunch of people who want to leave the nation facing only propaganda”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Days after Russian President Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine&comma; last February&comma; the Kremlin-controlled parliament approved legislation that outlawed alleged disparaging of the Russian military or the spread of &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;false information” about the country’s military campaign&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Dozens of Russian independent media outlets were banned as a result&comma; while others announced they were halting any reporting related to Ukraine&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Novaya Gazeta announced on March 28&comma; that it was suspending its operations for the duration of what the Kremlin called the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;special military operation” in Ukraine&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>But Novaya Gazeta’s staff who moved abroad launched a new project&comma; Novaya Gazeta Europe&comma; that has been strongly critical of the military campaign in Russia’s ex-Soviet neighbour&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed33668a3c3">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed33668a3c3'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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