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Russia revokes media license of top independent newspaper

Nobel Peace Prize awarded journalist Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of the influential Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, right, and Sergei Sokolov, his deputy, talk to each other prior to a hearing in the Basmanny District Court in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Sept. 5, 2022. A court in Moscow on Monday upheld a motion from Russian authorities to revoke the license of a top independent newspaper that for years has been critical of the Kremlin, the latest move in a months-long crackdown on independent media, opposition activists and human rights groups. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) Nobel Peace Prize awarded journalist Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of the influential Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta speaks to the media after a hearing in the Basmanny District Court in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Sept. 5, 2022. A court in Moscow on Monday upheld a motion from Russian authorities to revoke the license of a top independent newspaper that for years has been critical of the Kremlin, the latest move in a months-long crackdown on independent media, opposition activists and human rights groups. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) Nobel Peace Prize awarded journalist Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of the influential Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta speaks to the media after a hearing in the Basmanny District Court in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Sept. 5, 2022. A court in Moscow on Monday upheld a motion from Russian authorities to revoke the license of a top independent newspaper that for years has been critical of the Kremlin, the latest move in a months-long crackdown on independent media, opposition activists and human rights groups. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) Nobel Peace Prize awarded journalist Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of the influential Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta sits in a courtroom prior to a hearing in the Basmanny District Court in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Sept. 5, 2022. A court in Moscow on Monday upheld a motion from Russian authorities to revoke the license of a top independent newspaper that for years has been critical of the Kremlin, the latest move in a months-long crackdown on independent media, opposition activists and human rights groups. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) Nobel Peace Prize awarded journalist Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of the influential Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, sits prior to a hearing in the Basmanny District Court in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Sept. 5, 2022. A court in Moscow on Monday upheld a motion from Russian authorities to revoke the license of a top independent newspaper that for years has been critical of the Kremlin, the latest move in a months-long crackdown on independent media, opposition activists and human rights groups. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) Nobel Peace Prize awarded journalist Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of the influential Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta enters a courtroom prior to a hearing in the Basmanny District Court in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Sept. 5, 2022. A court in Moscow on Monday upheld a motion from Russian authorities to revoke the license of a top independent newspaper that for years has been critical of the Kremlin, the latest move in a months-long crackdown on independent media, opposition activists and human rights groups. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) Nobel Peace Prize awarded journalist Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of the influential Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta sits in a courtroom prior to a hearing in the Basmanny District Court in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Sept. 5, 2022. A court in Moscow on Monday upheld a motion from Russian authorities to revoke the license of a top independent newspaper that for years has been critical of the Kremlin, the latest move in a months-long crackdown on independent media, opposition activists and human rights groups. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) Nobel Peace Prize awarded journalist Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of the influential Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, left, and Sergei Sokolov, his deputy, sit in a courtroom prior to a hearing in the Basmanny District Court in Moscow, Russia, Monday, Sept. 5, 2022. A court in Moscow on Monday upheld a motion from Russian authorities to revoke the license of a top independent newspaper that for years has been critical of the Kremlin, the latest move in a months-long crackdown on independent media, opposition activists and human rights groups. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)