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Claim 509

Roskomnadzor's stated grounds were the newspaper's alleged failure to provide documents on a 2006 ownership change.

Published 2026-09-23. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement
Roskomnadzor's stated grounds were the newspaper's alleged failure to provide documents on a 2006 ownership change.
Field
stated_justification
Value
2006 ownership documents cited
About
incident 2022-russia-suspends-novaya-gazeta-license
Source
Russian authorities suspend Novaya Gazeta's print license
Publisher
Committee to Protect Journalists
Method
outlet report
Checked
2026-09-22
Confidence
medium
Status
current
Source date
2022-09-06

Quotation from the source

failed to provide documents relating to a change of ownership in 2006