Russian court upholds closure of Kremlin-critical independent newspaper

Nobel Peace Prize awarded journalist Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of the influential Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta (Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP)

A court in Moscow upheld a verdict to revoke the license of a top independent newspaper that has been critical of the Kremlin for years.

The ruling by the Moscow City Court against Novaya Gazeta, which was Russia’s most renowned independent newspaper until the authorities ordered it shut last year, comes as Russia’s campaign in Ukraine approaches its one-year mark.