The media license for the printed version of Novaya Gazeta was canceled by the Basmanny Court of Moscow at the request of Roskomnadzor. This was reported by Russian publications.
Roskomnadzor said that the New Gazeta in 2006 changed the founder of the editorial office, but did not provide its charter to the department, as required by the Law on Mass Media. The newspaper said that they sent all the necessary documents.
“What is the essence of the lawsuit? The clerks lost a piece of paper that they had. It is completely incomprehensible whose rights or interests in this matter are protected,” said Sergey Sokolov, deputy chief editor of the New Gazeta. The lawyer of the publication agrees with him, who claims that the requirements of the regulator contradict “all legal principles.” It is important to know that the limitation period for the case has long passed.
After the court’s decision on the cancellation of the license, the editor -in -chief of the publication Dmitry Muratov announced his intention to appeal him: “This is an insignificant decision, custom -made political. Not having the slightest legal basis.”
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