A Russian editor says he won the Nobel because his slain colleagues could not
Six journalists for Novaya Gazeta have been murdered since 2000 | International
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Six journalists for Novaya Gazeta have been murdered since 2000 | International
The Norwegian Nobel committee’s decision, announced last Friday (October 8), to award the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize to Novaya Gazeta Editor-in-Chief Dmitry Muratov as well as Philippine journalist Maria Ressa evoked astonishment, anger and elation across Russia. Muratov himself was astounded (he rejected the first call from Norway, thinking it was a fake), before declaring that the award would honor …
Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia have won the Nobel Peace Prize for their relentless struggle to protect freedom of expression.
Journalists Maria Ressa, Dmitry Muratov honored for work exposing abuse of power
From the Philippines, Maria Ressa, chief executive and cofounder of online news outlet Rappler, and Russia’s Dmitry Muratov, cofounder and editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta newspaper, were named as the 2021 laureates by Berit Reiss-Andersen, chair of the Norwegian Nobel committee.