Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov described accusations of Russian involvement in the November 5, 2026 European cyberattacks and flight disruptions as absurd and baseless

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European security officials and analysts noted the flight threats of November 5, 2026 coincided with cyberattacks on European supermarket refrigeration systems and blood banks during the same week

European officials have previously accused Russia and Iran of conducting hybrid attacks in Europe, though both governments deny any involvement in these hybrid attacks

European officials and analysts pointed to potential Russian or Iranian hybrid warfare operations, though official sources made no formal attribution and both Moscow and Tehran deny conducting such hybrid warfare operations

Osprey Flight Solutions co-founder Matthew Borie stated that the wave of bomb threats across Europe on November 3, 2026, could stem from copycat actors, a single coordinated group, or hybrid warfare operations by state actors

Lithuanian officials treated the October 18, 2026 attempted arson as a Russia-linked act of sabotage aimed at undermining Ukraine's military capabilities.

Ukraine's Ministry of Digital Transformation temporarily disabled the country's public Air Alarm app following the November 1, 2026 cyberattack while capital-specific alert systems remained fully functional

Ukraine's Center for Strategic Communications SPRAVDI blamed Russia for the November 1, 2026 cyberattack on Ukraine's public Air Alarm application

A Ukrainian espionage group claimed responsibility for broadcasting false nuclear strike warnings on Russia's emergency warnings app on November 1, 2026

Russian forces selected an evacuation route avoiding destroyed areas of Oleshky and cleared debris to project a staged image for media, according to local residents interviewed by MIHR

Following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Russian authorities enacted strict censorship laws prohibiting media from describing the conflict as a war.

Russian authorities ordered Novaya Gazeta's eviction from its Moscow headquarters of 30 years on Potapovsky Lane and shut down its reader donation platforms.

Novaya Gazeta investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya was shot dead in her Moscow apartment building in 2006 after reporting extensively on human rights abuses in Chechnya.

Novaya Gazeta co-founder Dmitry Muratov was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2021 for defending freedom of expression in Russia.

Exiled former employees of Novaya Gazeta launched Latvia-based Novaya Gazeta Europe in 2022, which Russian authorities subsequently designated as an undesirable organization.

Six Novaya Gazeta journalists have been killed since its founding, including Igor Domnikov, Yuri Shchekochikhin, Anna Politkovskaya, Stas Markelov, Anastasia Baburova, and Natalia Estemirova.

Russian police arrested Novaya Gazeta journalist Oleg Roldugin in April 2026 on computer information charges and searched editor-in-chief Sergei Sokolov's home in October 2026.

Russian authorities revoked Novaya Gazeta's media licence, blocked its website, designated the outlet a foreign agent, and seized its printing press.

Novaya Gazeta was launched in 1993 using funds from former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's 1990 Nobel Peace Prize.

Russian independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta announced on October 30, 2026 that it will permanently cease operations on November 9, 2026.

Novaya Gazeta announced it will publish one final issue before turning off its servers and vacating its central Moscow newsroom on November 9, 2026.