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Nobel Prize for editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta

Today, for the first time in 11 years, a Russian citizen, editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta, Dmitry Muratov, received the Nobel Prize. Filipino journalist Maria Ressa shared the award with him. The Nobel Prize was awarded to them for "efforts to protect freedom of expression, which is a prerequisite for democracy and lasting peace."

Muratov dedicated the award to his colleagues from Novaya Gazeta. “I’ll tell you this: it’s not my merit. This is Novaya Gazeta. These are the ones who died defending the people's right to freedom of speech. Since they are not with us, they apparently decided that I should tell everyone this. This is Igor Domnikov, this is Yura Shchekochikhin, this is Anna Stepanovna Politkovskaya, this is Nastya Baburova, this is Natasha Estemirova, this is Stas Markelov,” he said, listing the names of journalists killed during the years of Novaya Gazeta’s work. The day before it was 15 years since the murder of the correspondent of the publication Anna Politkovskaya, the mastermind of the crime has not yet been found. Muratov will transfer part of the Nobel Prize (about $1.14 million) to the Circle of Kindness Foundation, which helps children with serious and rare diseases. Before Muratov, the last Russian Nobel laureates were physicists Konstantin Novoselov and Andrey Geim, They received the award in 2010. After the collapse of the USSR, the citizens of RUSSIA did not receive the Nobel Peace Prize, before that it was awarded to the scientist and human rights activist Andrei Sakharov and the President of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev.

Editor-in-Chief of Novaya Gazeta Muratov wins Nobel Prize Society