《新报》的编辑部里，人们正在收拾东西，准备关停。目之所及，到处都是纸箱和塑料袋。所有东西都必须搬走。
At the editorial offices of Novaya Gazeta, they are packing up and shutting down. Everywhere I look there are cardboard boxes and plastic bags. Everything must go.
三十年来，这份报纸一直是俄罗斯最著名的独立报纸，以猛烈批评当权者的调查性报道著称。
For thirty years this has been Russia's most prominent independent newspaper, featuring investigative journalism fiercely critical of those in power.
如今，《新报》正被逐出它待了三十年的办公地点。该报还表示，它已被禁止接受捐款。它指责俄罗斯当局将其扼杀。
Now Novaya Gazeta is being evicted from its home of three decades. The paper also says it's been blocked from receiving donations. It's accusing the Russian authorities of killing it off.
“杀人的方式有很多种，”该报记者兼联合创始人德米特里·穆拉托夫对我说。“他们选择的是把我们掐死。”“首先，他们封了我们的网站，禁止了纸质版。然后，他们吊销了我们的媒体执照。我们一个接一个被宣布为‘外国代理人’，我们的记者遭到攻击。
"There are different ways to commit murder," journalist and co-founder of the paper Dmitry Muratov tells me. "They chose to strangle us." "First, they blocked our websites and banned the paper edition. Then they revoked our media licence. One by one we were declared 'foreign agents', and our journalists were attacked.
“现在我们再也赚不到钱了。银行拒绝接受我们读者的捐款。我们国家正在发生政治镇压。这些镇压已经波及到我们。”2021年，穆拉托夫被授予诺贝尔和平奖，以表彰其“为捍卫言论自由所做的努力，而言论自由是民主和持久和平的前提”。
"Now we can't earn any more money. The banks are refusing to accept donations from our readers. In our country there are political repressions going on. Those have reached us." In 2021, Muratov was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for efforts "to safeguard freedom of expression, a precondition for democracy and lasting peace".
这一奖项并没能阻止俄罗斯当局在2023年将他列为“外国代理人”。这一标签常被用来惩罚政府的批评者。
The award didn't stop the Russian authorities from designating him a 'foreign agent' in 2023. The label is often used to punish critics of the government.
多年来，《新报》以无畏的调查性报道赢得了声誉，报道题材包括腐败、侵犯人权以及官员和官僚滥用权力——这些在俄罗斯都是危险的话题。
Over the years Novaya Gazeta had developed a reputation for fearless investigative reporting on subjects such as corruption, human rights violations and abuse of power by officials and bureaucrats - dangerous topics in Russia.
该报称，有六名同事因“履行其职业和公民职责”而遇害。这些记者中包括安娜·波利特科夫斯卡娅，二十年前的这个月，她在自己所住公寓楼的楼梯间里中枪身亡。她曾就车臣战争撰写过大量报道。
The paper says that six colleagues were killed for "fulfilling their professional and civic duty". Those journalists include Anna Politkovskaya, who was shot dead in the stairwell of her apartment block twenty years ago this month. She had written extensively on the wars in Chechnya.
我沿着走廊走去，看到了安娜曾经使用过的办公室。在她被杀后，这个房间及里面所有物品都被保留下来，成为纪念她的博物馆。自从驱逐令下达后，大部分物品已经被搬走。只剩下那张桌子，上面放着一幅安娜的肖像。《新报》在其网站上发布关闭声明，对俄罗斯当局发起猛烈抨击。
As I walk down a corridor, I spot the office Anna had used. Following her killing, the room and all the items in it were preserved and became a museum in her memory. Since the eviction order, most of the objects have already been removed. All that's left is the desk and, lying on top, a portrait of Anna. In a statement on its website announcing the closure, Novaya Gazeta launched a stinging attack on the Russian authorities.
“他们杀死了我们，”声明开篇写道。“这份报纸不复存在了。俄罗斯当局和俄罗斯特工部门迫使该报停止工作。”该报声称自己是“一次协同行动”的受害者，并指责“镇压性的国家机器”。
"They've killed us," it starts. "The newspaper is no more. The Russian authorities and Russian special services have forced the paper to stop its work." The publication claims it is the victim of "a coordinated act" and blames "the repressive state apparatus".
“人权和自由在这个国家已被消除，保护人权和自由等同于犯罪……法院连同法律一起被摧毁。持有个人信念如今成了叛国罪。”自2022年2月俄罗斯全面入侵乌克兰以来，对独立新闻业和俄罗斯独立记者的压力不断加大。
"Human rights and freedoms have been eliminated in the country and their protection has been equated to a crime… The courts have been destroyed along with the law. Having personal convictions is now state treason." Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the pressure on independent journalism and independent Russian journalists has been growing.
在克里姆林宫所称的“特别军事行动”开始后不久，俄罗斯通过了新的法律。其目的是：惩罚异见，压制对战争和当权者的批评。
Soon after the start of what the Kremlin calls the 'special military operation', new laws were adopted in Russia. Their aim: to punish dissent and silence criticism of the war and of those in power.
今年早些时候，警方搜查了《新报》的编辑部。资深调查记者奥列格·罗尔杜金被逮捕，并被指控“非法获取计算机信息”。
Earlier this year there was a police search of Novaya Gazeta's editorial office. A veteran investigative journalist Oleg Roldugin was arrested and charged with "unlawful access to computerised information".
与此案相关，该报现任主编谢尔盖·索科洛夫近日被带去接受警方讯问，其住所也遭到搜查。
In connection with the case the newspaper's current editor-in-chief Sergei Sokolov was recently taken in for police questioning and his home was searched.
尽管压力不断加大，《新报》仍设法继续运作， albeit以缩减的形式。忠实读者使用VPN（虚拟专用网络）来绕过官方对网站的封锁。但失去执照和其他限制对该报是重大打击。德米特里·穆拉托夫如何看待未来？
Despite increasing pressure, Novaya Gazeta managed to continue operating, albeit in a reduced form. Loyal readers used VPNs, virtual private networks, to circumvent official blocking of the website. But the loss of its licence and other restrictions were a major blow to the publication. How does Dmitry Muratov view the future?
“我们正处于一场可怕的灾难之中，”穆拉托夫告诉我。“世界上不同的独裁政权在寻求混乱。他们利用混乱来统治自己的国家和人民，并巩固个人权力。
"We are in the middle of a terrible catastrophe," Mr Muratov tells me. "Different dictatorships in the world seek chaos. They use chaos to rule their countries and peoples and to strengthen their personal power.
“我不知道接下来会发生什么。我确实知道，我们将竭尽全力坚守我们的价值观：人的生命权。人权高于国家权利。”《新报》的终结在很大程度上标志着一个时代的结束。在日益专制的俄罗斯，这也是一个时代的征兆。
"I don't know what will happen next. I do know that we will do everything to stay true to our values: the human right to life. Human rights override the rights of states." Novaya Gazeta's demise is very much the end of an era. In an increasingly authoritarian Russia, it's also a sign of the times.