Novaya Gazeta, the best-known independent news outlet still operating inside Russia, has announced that it is closing. The day before, it became known that the editorial staff was being evicted from its office in Potapovsky Lane in central Moscow, where journalists had worked for 29 years. As a result, the Anna Politkovskaya museum, located in her former office, will also close. After the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russian authorities blocked the outlet’s websites and stripped the newspaper of its registration, and in September 2026 designated Novaya a foreign agent. According to The Economist, the newspaper’s editorial staff held a meeting on October 26 at which the decision was made to close the outlet. On the morning of October 30, Novaya officially announced that it was ceasing operations. Meduza is publishing a translation of the Novaya Gazeta editorial staff’s statement.