Nobelpristagare attackerad – dränkt i rödfärg på tåg
Den ryske Nobelpristagaren Dmitrij Muratov, chefredaktör för den oberoende tidningen Novaja Gazeta, har attackerats med rödfärg på ett tåg i Ryssland. Det skriver tidningen på Twitter.
Bilder som de publicerat visar Muratov och hans tågkupé dränkta i färg. Gärningspersonerna ska ha skrikit ”det här är för våra grabbar”, enligt tidningen.
Muratov vann Nobels fredspris 2021. Priset motiverades med hans ”insatser för att bevara yttrandefriheten, vilket är en förutsättning för demokrati och varaktig fred”.
Novaja Gazeta lade ner verksamheten den 28 mars efter flera varningar från ryska myndigheter, skriver The Guardian. Detta efter att Muratov och flera oberoende ryska journalister intervjuat Ukrainas president Zelenskyj.
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Dmitry Andreyevich Muratov (Russian: Дмитрий Андреевич Муратов; born 29 October 1961) is a Russian journalist, television presenter and the editor-in-chief of the Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta. He was awarded the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize jointly with Maria Ressa for "their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace."Muratov co-founded the pro-democracy newspaper Novaya Gazeta in 1993 with several other journalists. He was the newspaper's editor-in-chief from 1995 to 2017, and again assumed the position in 2019. The newspaper is known for its reporting on sensitive topics such as governmental corruption, human rights violations, electoral fraud, police violence, and other misuses of power. As editor-in-chief he was a vocal advocate for an independent press and published articles by Anna Politkovskaya that scrutinised the Putin administration. Muratov helped to create "the only truly critical newspaper with national influence in Russia today", according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. On 28 March 2022, the newspaper announced that it would suspend its online and print activities after it received a second warning from Roskomnadzor.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.
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Novaya Gazeta (Russian: Новая газета, IPA: [ˈnovəjə ɡɐˈzʲetə], lit. 'New Gazette') is an independent Russian newspaper known for its critical and investigative coverage of Russian political and social affairs. It is published in Moscow, in regions within Russia, and in some foreign countries. The print edition is published on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays; English-language articles on the website are published on a weekly basis in the form of the Russia, Explained newsletter.
Seven Novaya Gazeta journalists, including Yuri Shchekochikhin, Anna Politkovskaya and Anastasia Baburova, have been murdered since 2000, in connection with their investigations.In October 2021, Novaya Gazeta's editor-in-chief Dmitry Muratov was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, alongside Maria Ressa, for their safeguarding of freedom of expression in their homelands.On 28 March 2022, due to the ongoing 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the newspaper suspended its online and print activities after receiving a second warning from Roskomnadzor.
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