Dmitry Muratov

Dmitry Muratov was born on 29 October 1961 into a Russian family in the city of Kuibyshev (officially known since 1991 by its original name, Samara).{{cite web |title=Dmitry Muratov |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2021/muratov/facts/ |publisher=Nobelprize.org |access-date=8 October 2021}}{{Cite web|last=Bushuev|first=Mikhail|date=2021-10-08|title=Who is Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dmitry Muratov?|url=https://www.dw.com/en/who-is-nobel-peace-prize-laureate-dmitry-muratov/a-59454159|access-date=2021-10-11|website=Deutsche Welle}} He studied at the Faculty of Philology at Kuibyshev (now Samara) State University for five years, where he discovered his interest in journalism. While in college he made contact with local newspapers and held a part-time job in journalism.

From 1983 to 1985, after graduating from university, he served in the Soviet Army as a communication equipment security specialist.{{Cite web|title=Муратов, Дмитрий Главный редактор "Новой газеты"|trans-title=Muratov, Dmitry Editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta|url=https://lenta.ru/lib/14160484/|access-date=8 October 2021|website=Lenta.ru|language=ru}}{{cite web | title=Novaya Gazeta editor-in-chief dmitry muratov. Dmitry Muratov: biography, journalistic activities | website=amorlatinoamericano.ru | date=26 July 2019 | url=https://amorlatinoamericano.ru/en/the-biggest/novaya-gazeta-glavnyi-redaktor-dmitrii-muratov-dmitrii-muratov-biografiya.html | access-date=9 October 2021}} He also fought in the Soviet- Afghan war.

In 1987, Muratov began working as a correspondent for Volzhsky Komsomolets newspaper. His superiors were so impressed that by the end of his first year he was appointed to head of the Komsomolskaya Pravda youth department, and later was promoted to editor of news articles.{{Cite web|url=https://hr.puntomarinero.com/dmitry-muratov-biography-journalistic-activities/|title=Dmitry Muratov: biografija, novinarske aktivnosti}} Muratov left Komsomolskaya Pravda in 1992.{{Cite web|last=Yablokov|first=Ilya|title=Nobel peace prize: how Dmitry Muratov built Russia's 'bravest' newspaper, Novaya Gazeta|url=http://theconversation.com/nobel-peace-prize-how-dmitry-muratov-built-russias-bravest-newspaper-novaya-gazeta-169560|access-date=8 October 2021|website=The Conversation|date=8 October 2021 |language=en}}

In 1993, Muratov and 50+ other colleagues from Komsomolskaya Pravda left to start their own paper titled Novaya Gazeta. Their goal was to create a publication that was "an honest, independent, and rich"{{Cite web|url=https://cpj.org/awards/muratov-2/|title=Dmitry Muratov, Editor of Novaya Gazeta, Russia}} source for the citizens of Russia. The newspaper’s mission is to conduct in-depth investigations into human rights issues, corruption and abuse of power. Novaya Gazeta{{’}}s newsroom started out with two computers, two rooms, one printer and no salary for the employees. Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev donated some of his Nobel Peace Prize money to pay for salaries and computers for the paper. Muratov helped to create Novaya Gazeta, where he was named Deputy Press Editor.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rbc.ru/technology_and_media/15/11/2019/5dce8fab9a7947c2d1c81745|title=Главным редактором "Новой газеты" вновь избрали Дмитрия Муратова|website=РБК|date=15 November 2019 }}

In December 1994 – January 1995, Muratov was a correspondent in the war zone of the First Chechen War. In 1995, he became the head of the editorial board. He held this position for over 20 years, stepping down in 2017, citing the exhausting nature of running the paper.{{Cite web |date=13 November 2017 |title=After 22 Years, Novaya Gazeta Editor Dmitry Muratov Steps Down |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2017/11/13/novaya-gazeta-editor-steps-down-a59561}} In 2019, he returned to the position, after the paper’s staff voted for his return.{{Cite web |title=Russian media veteran Dmitry Muratov returns to 'Novaya Gazeta' editor-in-chief post |url=https://meduza.io/en/news/2019/11/15/russian-media-veteran-dmitry-muratov-returns-to-novaya-gazeta-editor-in-chief-post |website=Meduza}}

Muratov often reported on sensitive topics including human rights violations, high-level government corruption, and abuse of power. His political beliefs, such as supporting freedom of press, has led to conflict with fellow journalists and the government.{{Cite web|last=Lundstrom|first=Hedvig|date=3 June 2016|title=Biography of 2016 Golden Pen of Freedom Laureate Dmitry Muratov|url=https://archive.wan-ifra.org/articles/2016/06/03/biography-of-2016-golden-pen-of-freedom-laureate-dmitry-muratov|website=World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers}}

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In 2004, the newspaper printed seven articles by columnist Georgy Rozhnov, which accused Sergey Kiriyenko of embezzling US$4.8 billion of International Monetary Fund funds in 1998 when he was Prime Minister of Russia. The newspaper based the accusations on a letter allegedly written to Colin Powell and signed by U.S. Congressmen Philip Crane, Mike Pence, Charlie Norwood, Dan Burton and Henry Bonilla and posted on the website of the American Defense Council. The newspaper claimed that Kiriyenko had used some of the embezzled funds to purchase real estate in the United States. It was later claimed that the letter was a prank concocted by The eXile.{{cite news |last = Ames |first = Mark |author-link = Mark Ames |title = Double Punk'd! Meta-Prank Goes Mega-Bad |work = The eXile |date = 22 July 2004 |url = http://www.exile.ru/articles/detail.php?ARTICLE_ID=7406&IBLOCK_ID=35&phrase_id=9479 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080226060411/http://www.exile.ru/articles/detail.php?ARTICLE_ID=7406&IBLOCK_ID=35&phrase_id=9479 |archive-date=26 February 2008}} In response, Kiriyenko sued Novaya Gazeta and Rozhnov for libel, and in passing judgement in favour of Kiriyenko the court ordered Novaya Gazeta to retract all publications relating to the accusations and went on to say that the newspaper "is obliged to publish only officially proven information linking Mr Kiriyenko with embezzlement."{{cite web|author = Melnikov, Mikhail|title = III. Lawsuits against Journalists|publisher = Center for Journalism in Extreme Situations|date = 17 October 2004|url = http://www.cjes.ru/bulletin/?bulletin_id=1240&country=Russia&lang=eng|access-date = 31 January 2009|archive-date = 9 June 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220609171327/http://www.cjes.ru/bulletin/?bulletin_id=1240&country=Russia&lang=eng|url-status = dead}}

After Novaya Gazeta published an investigation by journalist Denis Korotkov about Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin,{{cite web |title=Novaya Gazeta Report: 'Putin's Chef' Involved in Attacks, Killing |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/novaya-gazeta-reports-claims-of-putin-s-chef-involved-in-attacks-killing/29557806.html |date=22 October 2018 |website=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |access-date=20 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191003075042/https://www.rferl.org/a/novaya-gazeta-reports-claims-of-putin-s-chef-involved-in-attacks-killing/29557806.html |archive-date=3 October 2019 |url-status=live }} in October 2018, Denis Korotkov and the editor-in-chief at Novaya Gazeta were the target of threatening deliveries of a severed ram's head and funeral flowers to the paper's offices. The style of the threat resembled others by Kremlin-linked Yevgeny Prigozhin.[https://globalvoices.org/2018/10/18/six-red-carnations-and-one-severed-rams-head-deadly-threats-sent-to-russian-independent-newspaper/ Six red carnations and one severed ram’s head: Deadly threats sent to Russian independent newspaper], Global Voices, 18 October 2018

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In 2016, the newspaper was involved in the publishing of the so-called Panama Papers, confidential documents from a Panama-based law firm that had assisted companies and individuals from around the world in hiding their wealth.

His newspaper has been influential on shedding light of the turbulent situations in Chechnya and the Northern Caucasus in general. Novaya Gazeta published reports about anti-gay purges in Chechnya in 2017, where three men were allegedly killed, and dozens detained and intimidated. After publication, the Chechen Government denied the existence of persecutions in the Republic.{{cite web |title=Chechen police 'have rounded up more than 100 suspected gay men' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/apr/02/chechen-police-rounded-up-100-gay-men-report-russian-newspaper-chechnya |last=Walker |first=Shaun |date=2 April 2017 |website=The Guardian |access-date=7 December 2019}}

The newspaper published the report by Elena Milashina and the list of 27 Chechens killed on 26 January 2017. The newspaper also addressed the report and the list to the Russian government's Investigative Committee of Russia, and asked the committee to investigate the data in the published list. While Novaya Gazeta listed the names of 27 Chechens killed, the newspaper suspected that real number might be even more, with up to 56 Chechens killed that night. The newspaper said that the dead Chechens were citizens of the Republic of Chechnya, who were detained by the governmental security service, put in custody inside a secure compound belonging to the traffic police regiment in the City of Grozny, and executed on 26 January by gunfire (several men brutally killed by asphyxiation){{cite web |title=Подвал имени Кадырова |trans-title=Basement named after Kadyrov |url=https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2019/07/23/81341-kazarma-6 |date=23 July 2019 |last=Милашина|first=Елена |website=Новая Газета |access-date=28 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229132014/https://novayagazeta.ru/articles/2019/07/23/81341-kazarma-6 |archive-date=29 December 2019 |url-status=live |language=ru }}) by state security forces without any legal proceedings.{{cite web |title=Союз журналистов Чечни опубликовал обращение к "Новой газете" |trans-title=The Union of Chechen Journalists has published an appeal to Novaya Gazeta |url=https://novayagazeta.ru/news/2017/07/11/133362-soyuz-zhurnalistov-chechni-opublikoval-otkrytoe-obraschenie-k-novoy-gazete |date=11 July 2017 |website=Новая Газета |language=ru |access-date=7 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207183329/https://novayagazeta.ru/news/2017/07/11/133362-soyuz-zhurnalistov-chechni-opublikoval-otkrytoe-obraschenie-k-novoy-gazete?utm_source=txt |archive-date=7 December 2019 |url-status=live}}

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During Muratov's time at the Novaya Gazeta, six of its journalists had been killed. In 2000, Igor Domnikov was murdered in a Moscow apartment building. In 2001, Victor Popkov, a Novaya Gazeta contributor, died after being wounded in the crossfire of a gunfight in Chechnya. In 2003, Yury Shchekochikhin was poisoned after investigating a corruption scandal where high-ranking Russian officials were involved. Anna Politkovskaya was assassinated in her apartment block in 2006 after spending her career covering Chechnya and the Northern Caucasus. In 2009, Anastasia Baburova was shot and killed on the street, while Natalia Estemirova was abducted and murdered.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/26/russian-opposition-newspaper-will-arm-its-journalists|title=Russian opposition newspaper will arm its journalists|website=The Guardian|agency=Agence France-Presse|date=26 October 2017|access-date=4 October 2023}}

After the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, Muratov released dual editions of his newspaper in both Russian and Ukrainian, and said that his newspaper would defy the Russian media watchdog's rules which he stated would lead to a situation in which only Russian government statements could be reported.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/25/prominent-russians-join-protests-against-ukraine-war-amid-1800-arrests-putin |title=Prominent Russians join protests against Ukraine war amid 1,800 arrests|date=2022-02-24|work=The Guardian|access-date=2022-02-26}} On 4 March 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law a bill introducing prison sentences of up to 15 years for those who publish "knowingly false information" about the Russian armed forces and their operations, leading to some media outlets in Russia to stop reporting on Ukraine or shutting their media outlet.{{Cite news |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/03/04/putin-signs-law-introducing-jail-terms-for-fake-news-on-army-a76768 |title=Putin Signs Law Introducing Jail Terms for 'Fake News' on Army |website=Moscow Times |date=4 March 2022 |archive-date=14 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314132340/https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/03/04/putin-signs-law-introducing-jail-terms-for-fake-news-on-army-a76768 |url-status=live }} It introduced criminal liability for the dissemination of "knowingly false information" about the actions of the Russian Armed Forces, with the Russian Federation deciding what is the truth, "in order to protect the interests of the Russian Federation and its citizens and maintain international peace and security".{{Cite web |title=Russia Blocks Facebook, Twitter; Moves Against "Fake" News About Ukraine War |url=https://www.occrp.org/en/daily/16046-russia-blocks-facebook-twitter-moves-against-fake-news-about-ukraine-war |access-date=2022-04-07 |website=www.occrp.org |language=en-GB}}{{Cite news |date=2022-03-04 |title=Russia fights back in information war with jail warning |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-introduce-jail-terms-spreading-fake-information-about-army-2022-03-04/ |access-date=2022-04-07}}{{Cite web |date=2022-03-07 |title=Russia outlaws spreading 'fake news' about the Russian military with fines and prison |url=https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2022/russia-outlaws-spreading-fake-news-about-the-russian-military-with-fines-and-prison/ |access-date=2022-04-07 |website=Poynter |language=en-US}} As of December 2022, more than 4,000 people were prosecuted under "fake news" laws in connection with the war in Ukraine.{{cite news |last1=Weir |first1=Fred |title=In Russia, critiquing the Ukraine war could land you in prison |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2022/1205/In-Russia-critiquing-the-Ukraine-war-could-land-you-in-prison |work=CSMonitor.com |date=5 December 2022}}

On 28 March 2022, the newspaper suspended its print activities after receiving a second warning from Roskomnadzor; on 6 April 2022, a foreign version of the paper (Novaya Gazeta Europa) was launched from Riga in order to avoid censorship.{{Cite web |last=Shcherbakova |first=Irina |date=2022-04-07 |title=Novaya Gazeta Launches European Edition in Bid to Dodge Kremlin Censorship |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/04/07/novaya-gazeta-launches-european-edition-in-bid-to-dodge-kremlin-censorship-a77261 |access-date= |website=The Moscow Times |language=en}}

In April 2022, the second largest Norwegian media group Amedia announced it was handing over its four printing houses in Russia worth some 4 million Euro to Muratov, as it was ceasing its business activities in Russia.{{Cite web|url=https://interfax.com/newsroom/top-stories/77832/|title=Norwegian media group Amedia leaves Russia, hands over presses to Novaya Gazeta editor-in-chief|website=interfax.com}} However, in the fall of 2023, five Prime Print printing houses, by decree of Vladimir Putin, were transferred first to the temporary management of the Federal Property Management Agency, and then to the Moscow authorities.{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.ru/biznes/500991-putin-peredal-vlastam-moskvy-pat-tipografij-norvezskogo-holdinga-amedia|title=Путин передал властям Москвы пять типографий норвежского холдинга Amedia|language=ru|date=2023-11-22|website=forbes.ru}}

In December 2022, Muratov said that while Russia can "destroy" Ukraine's infrastructure, "it will never be able to conquer it".{{cite news |title='Russia will never be able to conquer Ukraine,' says Nobel laureate Dmitry Muratov |url=https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-interview/20221214-russia-will-never-be-able-to-conquer-ukraine-nobel-laureate-dmitry-muratov |work=France 24 |date=14 December 2022}} In March 2023, he predicted that there would never be "normal relations between the people of Russia and Ukraine" because "Ukraine will not be able to come to terms with this tragedy." He also said that "In Russia political repression will continue against all opponents of the regime" and that the only hope he has "lies with the young generation; those people who sees the world as a friend, not as an enemy". He warned that Russian state propaganda "is preparing people to think that nuclear war is not a bad thing."{{cite news |title=Dmitry Muratov: Nuclear warning from Russia's Nobel-winning journalist |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65119595 |work=BBC News |date=30 March 2023}} Russian nationalist Telegram channels supporting the war in Ukraine accused Muratov of being pro-Ukrainian.{{cite news |title=Moscow Research Institute 'Postpones' Meeting With Nobel Laureate Muratov Amid Protests By War Supporters |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-muratov-meeting-postponed-ukraine-war-nobel/32331005.html |work=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |date=23 March 2023}}

In March 2023, Oleg Orlov, co-chair of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning human rights group Memorial, was detained on charges of "repeatedly discrediting the armed forces".{{cite news |first=Niko |last=Vorobyov |title=Activists, everyday Russians and a soldier punished for war talk |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/24/activists-everyday-russians-and-a-soldier-punished-for-war-talk |work=Al Jazeera |date=24 March 2023 |access-date=4 October 2023}} At the hearing, he was accompanied by Dmitry Muratov, who said that Orlov was being tried "for observing the Russian Constitution" which, he argued, guarantees freedom of expression.{{cite news |title=Russia's Memorial rights group co-chair on trial over Ukraine criticism |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230608-russia-s-memorial-rights-group-co-chair-on-trial-over-ukraine-criticism |work=France 24 |date=8 June 2023}}

In May 2023, Muratov expressed support for playwrights Evgenia Berkovich and Svetlana Petriichuk, calling the case against them political persecution.{{cite web

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On 7 April 2022, Muratov was attacked by an unknown person and covered with red paint mixed with acetone while on a train from Moscow to Samara, supposedly as an act of support for Russian troops;{{Cite news |last=Diaz |first=Jaclyn |date=2022-04-07 |title=Dmitry Muratov, a Nobel Peace Prize-winning journalist, was attacked in Russia |language=en |work=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/04/07/1091478334/dmitry-muratov-attacked-in-russia |access-date=2022-04-08}}{{cite web |title=Неизвестный напал на главреда "Новой газеты" и лауреата Нобелевской премии мира Дмитрия Муратова прямо в вагоне поезда.|trans-title=An unknown person attacked Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, right in the train carriage|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CcDu49pJXUM/ |date=7 April 2022 |website=Instagram |publisher=Novaya Gazeta |access-date=8 April 2022}} According to U.S. intelligence agencies, the attack was organized by Russian intelligence services.{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/28/world/novaya-gazeta-editor-attack-russia.html | title=Russian intelligence was behind an attack on the editor of Novaya Gazeta, a U.S. Official says | newspaper=The New York Times | date=29 April 2022 | last1=Barnes | first1=Julian E. }}

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Muratov is a decorated journalist who has received numerous awards and honours for his contributions to his craft. He received the CPJ International Press Freedom Award in 2007 from the Committee to Protect Journalists for his bravery in defending the freedom of the press in the face of danger.{{cite web |title=CPJ congratulates Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov for winning the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize |date=8 October 2021 |url=https://cpj.org/2021/10/cpj-congratulates-maria-ressa-and-dmitry-muratov-for-winning-the-2021-nobel-peace-prize/ |publisher=CPJ |access-date=8 October 2021}} On 29 January 2010, he was acknowledged by the French government for his devotion to the freedom of journalists. He was given the Legion of Honour order; France’s highest civil decoration.{{Cite news|url=https://www.rferl.org/Watchdog|title=Watchdog|website=RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty}} Muratov traveled to the Netherlands in May 2010 to receive the Four Freedoms Award for the Novaya Gazeta.{{Cite web|url=https://www.roosevelt.nl/sites/zl-roosevelt/files/ffa_2010.pdf|title=The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Four Freedoms Awards 2020}}{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} In 2016, Muratov accepted the Golden Pen of Freedom Award from the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers.

Muratov was awarded the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, alongside Maria Ressa of the Philippines, "for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace." The Nobel Committee specifically commended Novaya Gazeta's "critical articles on subjects ranging from corruption, police violence, unlawful arrests, electoral fraud and 'troll factories' to the use of Russian military forces both within and outside Russia."{{Cite web|title=The Nobel Peace Prize 2021|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2021/press-release/|access-date=2021-10-08|website=NobelPrize.org|language=en-US}} The Nobel Prize Committee was criticized for rewarding Muratov and not jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, as an attempt by the Committee "to keep the maximum distance from the current political process" in Russia.{{cite news|last=Hopkins|first=Valerie|title=Nobel announcement draws mixed reactions from Russia, with frustration from Navalny supporters|date=8 October 2021|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/08/world/nobel-russia-navalny.html|url-access=limited}} Muratov is a member of the democratic political party Yabloko{{Cite web|url=https://eng.yabloko.ru/|title=Russian Democratic Party Yabloko –|first=party|last=Yabloko|website=Russian Democratic Party Yabloko}} that did not support the Smart Voting initiative by Navalny. The Kremlin congratulated Muratov on winning the Nobel prize.{{Cite web|url= https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/kremlin-welcomes-fact-that-editor-who-criticises-it-won-nobel-peace-prize-2021-10-08/|title= Kremlin welcomes fact that editor who criticises it won Nobel peace prize|work= Reuters|date= 8 October 2021}} Muratov has said that he would have given the prize to Alexei Navalny if it were his choice.{{cite news |title=Navalny Deserved Peace Prize, Russian Nobel Winner Says |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/08/world/europe/russian-laureate-.html |access-date=8 October 2021 |work=The New York Times|date=8 October 2021 |last1=Troianovski |first1=Anton }}

During his acceptance speech, at a time when Russia began a major military build-up near the Russia–Ukraine border, Muratov warned that "In [the] heads of some crazy geopoliticians, a war between Russia and Ukraine is not something impossible any longer."{{cite news |title=US believes Russia behind attack on Nobel laureate Dmitry Muratov |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/4/29/us-believes-russia-behind-attack-on-nobel-peace-prize-recipient |work=Al Jazeera |date=29 April 2022}}

In an interview with Meduza, Muratov commented that his Nobel Prize belongs to all journalists of Novaya Gazeta who were killed for conducting their investigations:[https://meduza.io/en/feature/2021/10/08/this-prize-belongs-to-my-lost-colleagues ‘This prize belongs to my lost colleagues’ Novaya Gazeta editor-in-chief Dmitry Muratov on winning this year’s Nobel Peace Prize], interview of Muratov to Meduza

{{Blockquote|It's not mine. I'm not the right beneficiary, there are real ones. It's just that the Nobel Peace Prize isn't awarded posthumously, it's awarded to living people. Obviously, they decided to award it to someone living, having in mind Yury Shchekochikhin, Igor Domnikov, Anna Politkovskaya, Anastasia Baburova, Stanislav Markelov, and Natalya Estemirova.}}

On 22 March 2022, Muratov decided to sell his Nobel Peace Prize medal to an auction, donating the proceeds to UNICEF for the benefit of refugees from Ukraine.{{Cite web|url= https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-nobel-peace-prize-winner-donates-medal-fund-ukrainian-refugees-2022-03-22/|title= Russian Nobel Peace Prize winner donates medal to fund for Ukrainian refugees|work=Reuters|date=2022-03-22}} The medal auction was carried out by Heritage Auctions and was sold for US$103.5 million, the highest price ever recorded for a Nobel medal.{{Cite news |last=Richardson |first=Kalia |date=2022-06-21 |title=Russian Journalist's Nobel Medal Sells for $103.5 Million |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/20/arts/nobel-auction-muratov-ukraine.html |access-date=2022-06-21 |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |agency=Associated Press |date=2022-06-20 |title=Nobel sold for Ukrainian kids shatters record at $103.5M |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/20/nobel-sold-for-ukrainian-kids-shatters-record-at-103-5m-00040871 |access-date=2022-06-21 |website=Politico |language=en}}

In 2024, a documentary using real-time videos of how the staffs of Novaya Gazeta, Radio Echo of Moscow, and TV Rain coped with the government's suppression of the freedom of speech, was made.{{Cite web |title=Of Caravan and the Dogs |url=https://german-documentaries.de/en_EN/films/of-caravan-and-the-dog-s.23489 |website=German Documentaries}} The journalists in the film had to close their media and flee Russia for their own safety. Muratov's Novaya Gazeta first opened an office in Latvia, and then in Germany and Paris.{{Cite web |date=February 16, 2024 |title=The investigative media of exiled Russian journalists, Novaya Gazeta Europe, opens an office in Paris with the support of RSF |url=https://rsf.org/en/investigative-media-exiled-russian-journalists-novaya-gazeta-europe-opens-office-paris-support-rsf |website=Reporters without Borders}}

• 2023, The Price of Truth, by Patrick Forbes{{Cite news |last=Nicholson |first=Rebecca |date=2023-08-21 |title=The Price of Truth review – this gripping look at Russian journalism was too dangerous to finish filming |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/aug/21/the-price-of-truth-review-this-gripping-look-at-russian-journalism-was-too-dangerous-to-finish-filming |access-date=2023-10-14 |issn=0261-3077}}
• 2024, Of Caravan and the Dogs{{Cite web |last=Kurov |first=Askold |last2=Anonymous 1 |title=Of Caravan and the Dogs |url=https://moviesthatmatter.nl/en/film/of-caravan-and-the-dogs/ |website=Movies that Matter}}

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