Investigators, using subpoenas and other law enforcement powers, are accelerating an inquiry that takes the Trump administration into the inner workings of the court.
Journalists at the fiercely independent Novaya Gazeta, whose co-founder received the Nobel Peace Prize, said the government had orchestrated its demise.
The Nobel laureate Dmitri Muratov, second from left, with colleagues at Novaya Gazetaβs offices in Moscow last year. βWe no longer have a home or money,β he said on Friday.