The staff agreed it was time to close down the newspaper launched in 1993, the year Russia adopted its post-Soviet constitution. “We haven’t died, they’ve killed us—along with the constitution,” says Mr Muratov.

Russian ports on the Black Sea and Sea of Azov have been virtually paralysed by Ukrainian drone attacks that are causing estimated monthly losses of over RUB 200 billion.

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