Also on Friday, Russian independent paper Novaya Gazeta said that it is removing articles on the war in Ukraine, saying that new Russian censorship efforts necessitated removing those materials. Novaya Gazeta is a highly respected investigative paper. Its editor, Dmitry Muratov, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize jointly with Maria Ressa last year.
On Thursday, Moscow-based Radio Echo said it had shuttered its radio channel and website.
Independent Russian news outlet TV Rain, also known as Dozhd, aired its last broadcast on Thursday. It was forced to shut down because of the Russian government's crackdown on local media outlets over their coverage of the war in Ukraine.
The station had already been forced off the air, but in a YouTube broadcast, staff signed off saying "no to war," before walking off the station's set.