President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday questioned the decision to award a Nobel Peace Prize to Russia’s Dmitry Muratov, chief editor of top independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta that this week lost its print licence.
Russian courts on Monday revoked the print licence of top independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta and jailed a respected ex-reporter for 22 years for treason, in the latest moves against the media and journalists.
Dmitry Muratov, the Russian editor-in-chief of the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta, on Monday auctioned off his Nobel Peace Prize gold medal for a whopping $103.5 million to benefit children displaced by the war in Ukraine.
