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The Lights Go Out at Novaya Gazeta, Russia’s Bravest Newspaper

Russia

Told by 7 newspapers in 7 countries, between 12:00 and 11:00 on 9 November 2026.

In this story

The headline in each newspaper

In short

Russia’s Novaya Gazeta has reached its last day, which Expresso says the Kremlin squeezed gradually.1 El País says the paper bids farewell with a promise to keep doing journalism and to find a new opportunity.2 Rappler says the lights go out at Novaya Gazeta after years of defiant reporting.3

AIMade at 14:26, only from the headlines. Each number links to the source headline. Written when the story had 3 newspapers; it is redone when new newspapers join. How it is made

Compare the papers

What newspapers from several countries agree on, where the accounts differ and who is involved, so each reader can draw their own conclusions.

Common ground

  • The Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta stopped operating, according to Spanish and Portuguese newspapers, after years of critical reporting on the authorities.122 newspapers from 2 countries

Where accounts differ

  • El País says the paper bids farewell promising to keep doing journalism and to find “a new opportunity”; Expresso states that the Kremlin strangled the paper gradually.12

Who is involved

  • The Kremlin is referred to by Expresso as having gradually strangled the paper; the other headlines do not refer to its position.2

AIMade at 14:26 from 3 headlines from 3 countries. Each number links to the source. Rules

The headlines, side by side

Each headline is the original, as the newspaper published it, in the order it arrived. The selection follows the public grouping rule, with no AI.

Highlighted words are used only by that newspaper, among the headlines in the same language. They show what each one chose to stress.

  • Rappler · Philippines · 12:20Lights go out at Russia’s Novaya Gazeta, after years of defiant reportingRead at the newspaper ↗
  • El País · Spain · 14:25El diario ruso ‘Nóvaya Gazeta’ se despide con la promesa de seguir haciendo periodismo: “Encontraremos una nueva oportunidad”Read at the newspaper ↗
  • Expresso · Portugal · 14:05O último dia da “Novaya Gazeta”: “O Kremlin foi estrangulando o jornal aos poucos”Read at the newspaper ↗
  • Al Jazeera (state media) · Qatar · 18:30Russian investigative newspaper Novaya Gazeta closes citing gov’t clampdownRead at the newspaper ↗
  • La Tercera · Chile · 13:06El adiós de Novaya Gazeta, el histórico diario independiente rusoRead at the newspaper ↗
  • The New York Times · United States · 18:30The Lights Go Out at Novaya Gazeta, Russia’s Bravest NewspaperRead at the newspaper ↗
  • Haaretz · Israel · 11:30The final silencing of Novaya Gazeta, Russia's boldest independent newspaperRead at the newspaper ↗

Words in common

  • novaya
  • gazeta
  • newspaper
  • diario