They strangled us, says founder of Russian newspaper shut under pressure from authorities

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.

For thirty years this has been Russia's most prominent independent newspaper, featuring investigative journalism fiercely critical of those in power.

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.

"There are different ways to commit murder," journalist and co-founder of the paper Dmitry Muratov tells me. "They chose to strangle us."