Novaya Gazeta editor-in-chief to step down while challenging ‘foreign agent’ label in court — Novaya Gazeta Europe
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Veteran Russian journalist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dmitry Muratov is to temporarily leave his position as Novaya Gazeta’s editor-in-chief while he mounts a legal challenge against his recent designation as a “foreign agent” by Russia’s Justice Ministry.

Dmitry Muratov plans to mount a legal challenge against the Russian Justice Ministry, which added him to its “foreign agents” list on September 1. Sergei Sokolov will serve as acting editor-in-chief. “We don’t want to get used to putting idiotic notices on our website,” its journalists said, referring to the 24-word disclaimer that Russian law requires be posted on all content authored by “foreign agents.”