The last major independent newspaper in Russia, Novaya Gazeta, has shut down its Moscow newsroom per dw.com.
The closure follows increasing political pressure and restrictions on media outlets within the country, as reported by timesofisrael.com.
This development marks a significant milestone in the erosion of press freedom in Russia, with the state tightening control over information flows.
The shutdown is part of broader efforts to consolidate power and suppress dissenting voices in the nation's capital.
E14 places every story on a stack of fifteen floors, from the fields under everything to the planet acting as one. This one sits on E12, states; the pressure it names: press shutdown. Its words also reach E9 cultures and E10 institutions.
Here it is a dynamic between states, cultures and institutions: political pressure, state tightening control, information flows and consolidate power (E12 states), with independent newspaper (E9 cultures), and media outlets (E10 institutions).
The floor of states and force. In this briefing: political pressure, state tightening control, information flows, consolidate power, suppress dissenting voices, nation's capital.
The floor of culture and meaning. In this briefing: independent newspaper.
The floor of money and rules. In this briefing: media outlets.