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

@BBCBenTavener Yet more free speech disappearing from Russia. No doubt we'll hear @realDonaldTrump @elonmusk and @JDVance protesting about this shortly.

@BBCBenTavener Appreciate the tight rope you are walking along in bringing these stories to light Steve. Thank you 👍

@BBCBenTavener I firmly believe that sooner or later truth and the good prevail and all which opposes them will crumble and fall. 🙏 Thank you for reporting this and have a great weekend.

@BBCBenTavener i have been ssaying since 2014 the russia will eventually soon become an equivalent of North Korea.

@BBCBenTavener fuck muratov, his shitty paper and ALL RUSSIANS.

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@BBCBenTavener Uncle Joe would be proud

@BBCBenTavener Thanks for the report. Say safe out there