Novaya Gazeta, now Novaya Gazeta Europe, is a Latvia-based independent Russian newspaper. It relocated to Riga, Latvia, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022. It is known for its critical and investigative coverage of Russian political and social affairs, the horrors of the Chechen wars, corruption among the ruling elite, and increasing authoritarianism in Russia. It was formerly published in Moscow until shortly after the war began, in regions within Russia, and in some foreign countries. The print edition is published on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays; English-language articles on the website are published on a weekly basis in the form of the Russia, Explained newsletter. As of 2023, the newspaper had a daily print circulation of 108,000, and online visits of 613,000.
Dmitry Muratov interviewing Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in 2009
Russian mercenary leader and oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin, subject of an investigation by the newspaper.
Editor-in-chief Dmitry Muratov, who was awarded the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize
Editor-in-chief Dmitry Muratov shortly after receiving the Four Freedoms Award on behalf of Novaya Gazeta in 2010
Anna Stepanovna Politkovskaya was an American-Russian journalist and human rights activist, who reported on political and social events in Russia, in particular, the Second Chechen War (1999–2005).
Politkovskaya in 2005
Near her house, Moscow, 2006
Grave of Anna Politkovskaya at the Troyekurovskoye Cemetery in Moscow
Some observers alleged that Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov or his men were possibly behind the assassination of Politkovskaya.