The Nobel Peace Prize Acknowledges a Dangerous Era for Journalists
The co-winner, Dmitry Muratov, is the editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta, which has lost more journalists to murder than any other Russian news outlet.
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The co-winner, Dmitry Muratov, is the editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta, which has lost more journalists to murder than any other Russian news outlet.
By Andrew Osborn and Tom Balmforth MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian newspaper editor Dmitry Muratov dedicated the Nobel Peace Prize he won on Friday to six of of his paper's journalists murdered for their work, and said he would try to use the award to help defend reporters under pressure. Igor Domnikov, Yuri Shchekochikhin, Anna Politkovskaya, Stas Markelov, Anastasia Baburova, Natasha Estemirova - these are the people who have today won the Nobel Prize, Muratov said, reciting the names of six slain journalists or contributors to the paper whose portraits hang in its headquarters. We will leverage ...
Nobel winner Dmitry Muratov's newspaper has long been a thorn in Putin's side
The Russian government tried to take the high road Friday following the announcement that a Russian journalist hailed for his work in the face of official intimidation was named a co-winner of the Nobel Peace Prize Friday.
Co-laureate and editor of Novaya Gazeta has promised to use award to support press freedom