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by ranieuwe 1565 days ago
They were told to censor or be sued. They removed any postings of war after that. Novaya Gazeta is a newspaper critical of current Russian affairs.
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They know they risk a lot more than being sued. Novaya Gazeta is also the newspaper the journalist, and Putin's strong critic, Anna Politkovskaya wrote for before being murdered on Oct 7 2006. Note that Oct 7 is the birthday of Vladimir Putin.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Politkovskaya

Sued? Sounds like far worse.
15 years imprisonment to anyone related.
Yes, I understood immediately the position of the newspaper browsing a bit the site. There are a lot of comments here talking about Ikea, Russian alternatives and business opportunities. I think they are somehow missing the point