俄独立报纸《新报》宣布停刊Russian Newspaper Novaya Gazeta Announces Closure Under Official Pressure

《新报》编辑委员会于2026年10月30日早晨在官方网站发布题为《我们被杀害了》的停刊声明，指出俄罗斯国家机构与特勤部门的直接行动已让采编团队无法维系工作。总编辑谢尔盖·索科洛夫通过视频声明宣布该报将不复存在，并确认报社定于11月9日正式切断服务器、熄灭办公地点的灯火并完成人员撤离，结束在该处长达30年的驻扎。

Novaya Gazeta's editorial board released an official announcement entitled 'We were killed' on its website on Friday morning, October 30, 2026, stating that actions by Russian state authorities and intelligence agencies left the newsroom with no choice but to cease operations. In an accompanying video address published on YouTube, editor-in-chief Sergei Sokolov declared that the newspaper is ceasing to exist, setting November 9 as the final date to turn off the lights, shut down servers, and vacate the newsroom where staff had operated for 30 years.

该报编辑部在随附声明中回顾，报社与国家及其公民共同走过30余年，如今在失去生存根基与面临持续法律压制的情况下被迫走向街头。声明认为此次闭刊不仅是一家媒体的遭遇，同时也折射出俄国内部公共机构解体、公民权利受限以及司法体系面临严重瓦解的现实境况。

The outlet's editorial noted that more than three decades of shared history with Russia and its citizens would now conclude without an operational foundation and under persistent administrative and legal pressures. The statement described the forced closure as emblematic of a broader national environment in which constitutional protections, public institutions, and judicial autonomy have deteriorated, leaving independent newsrooms unable to sustain their reporting work.

报社停刊决定的直接导火索与近期的司法行动密切相关。2026年10月15日，俄罗斯调查人员搜查了总编辑谢尔盖·索科洛夫的住所，并将其带走问讯。据调查人员透露，针对索科洛夫的调查涉及所谓“非法使用个人数据”的行为，该指控直接关联到对其同事、调查记者奥列格·罗尔杜金立案侦查的刑事案件。

The outlet's closure decision directly followed an escalation of criminal investigations targeting its editorial leadership. On October 15, 2026, Russian investigators searched the Moscow home of editor-in-chief Sergei Sokolov and detained him for formal questioning. According to investigators, the inquiry into Sokolov centered on allegations regarding the unlawful use of personal data, which authorities stated were tied to an ongoing criminal case involving his newsroom colleague, reporter Oleg Roldugin.

罗尔杜金于2022年4月遭俄当局拘禁，随后被正式指控犯有“非法获取计算机化信息罪”。若罪名成立，该项指控将面临最高10年的监禁刑期。根据俄罗斯国家通讯社俄新社的报道，罗尔杜金对指控坚决表示不认罪；《新报》披露，罗尔杜金目前仍处于审前软禁状态，该措施已延长至11月10日。

Roldugin was taken into custody in April and charged under the Russian criminal code with obtaining unlawful access to computerised information, an offense that carries a statutory sentence of up to 10 years in prison. State media outlet RIA reported that Roldugin pleaded not guilty to the charge, while Novaya Gazeta confirmed that he remains confined under court-ordered pre-trial house arrest, which authorities have extended through November 10.

《新报》在苏联解体后的1993年由记者群体创办，此后三十余年间逐步发展为俄罗斯境内以反腐败深度调查和审视俄国内政见长的关键独立媒体。创办以来，该报持续在官方高压环境下开展工作，多名采编人员因新闻调查付出生命代价，先后有6名记者和工作人员因职遇害。

Established in 1993 following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Novaya Gazeta built a decades-long record as a primary Russian independent investigative outlet, distinguished by its inquiries into corruption and coverage of domestic state governance. Throughout its operational history under recurrent government pressure, the newspaper experienced acute operational hazards, with six journalists and editorial employees murdered in connection with their professional reporting assignments.

在遇害员工中，知名调查记者安娜·波利特科夫斯卡娅曾长年调查俄罗斯军队在车臣地区的滥权行为，最终于2006年10月在弗拉基米尔·普京总统生日当天在其公寓楼内遇害身亡。2021年，时任总编辑德米特里·穆拉托夫因维护言论自由的努力共同荣获诺贝尔和平奖，他将这一国际荣誉献给了为新闻报道殉职的6位《新报》同事。

Among those killed was investigative reporter Anna Politkovskaya, who spent years documenting allegations of abuses committed by the Russian military in Chechnya before being found dead in her Moscow apartment building on President Vladimir Putin's birthday in October 2006. In 2021, former editor-in-chief Dmitry Muratov jointly received the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of his efforts to protect freedom of expression at the publication, formally dedicating the award to his six fallen newsroom colleagues.

自2022年2月对乌克兰开展军事行动以来，俄罗斯当局推行了接近苏联时期的媒体审查机制，导致绝大多数独立记者被迫流亡国外。留在境内的从业者和独立媒体则面临严厉监管措施，其中《新报》被当局正式定性为“外国代理人”，该标签在日常运作中施加了多项财务限制，包括限制通过房租、利息支付以及知识产权稿酬获取收入。在俄乌冲突爆发的同一年，俄监管机构撤销了该报的媒体执照，迫使其大幅削减在俄国内的出版业务。

Following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Russian authorities enacted media censorship described by observers as reaching near-Soviet levels, forcing the vast majority of independent journalists into exile. Newsrooms and practitioners remaining inside Russia faced stringent administrative curbs, with Novaya Gazeta designated by the state as a foreign agent—a status that imposes widespread restrictions on everyday operations, including limits on receiving income from rent, interest payments, and intellectual work royalties. During that same year, regulatory authorities revoked the paper's media licence, compelling the outlet to trim down its domestic production.

针对《新报》及其人员的监管升级引发了国际新闻倡导机构的强烈批评。无国界记者组织在总编辑索科洛夫于10月15日被带走后发表声明，询问克里姆林宫对该报的无休止打压将推进至何种程度，并敦促当局停止对采编人员的司法骚扰。该组织强调，该报已有6名员工遇害、编辑部多次遭到搜查，记者持续受到刑事追诉，关闭该报是对俄罗斯剩余独立新闻业空间的直接挤压。

The regulatory escalation and prosecution of editorial staff drew sharp condemnation from international press freedom organizations. Following the October 15 detention of editor Sergei Sokolov, Reporters Without Borders issued a formal statement questioning how far the Kremlin's campaign against Novaya Gazeta would go and urging Russian authorities to put an end to the judicial harassment of its journalists. The advocacy organization underscored that six of the publication's journalists and employees had been murdered, its offices raided, and its remaining staff repeatedly prosecuted, characterizing the forced closure as an elimination of critical media inside Russia.