Steve Rosenberg: They Chose to Strangle Us": Famous Russian Newspaper Forced to Shut

Oct 31, 2026 | “There are different ways to commit murder. They chose to strangle us,” journalist and Nobel laureate Dmitry Muratov tells me, after Russia’s most prominent independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta is forced to close. Our report from Moscow. Producer: Ben Tavener

Has the Press Lost Its Power? - BBC Newsnight

Are the days when "It's The Sun Wot Won It" over? The BBC's media editor Amol Rajan reports on the political power of the press today.