Russia Raids Novaya Gazeta, Declares Nobel-Winning Memorial an Extremist Group

Russia's Supreme Court designated the Nobel Peace Prize-winning human rights group Memorial as an extremist organization, effectively criminalizing its activities following a Justice Ministry petition. Separately, masked security agents raided the Moscow offices of independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta, whose editor Dmitry Muratov also won the Nobel Peace Prize, arresting journalist Oleg Roldugin. The twin actions mark the most severe crackdown on Russian civil society and independent media since the start of the Ukraine war.