Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dmitry Muratov dismisses TASS report he has left Russia

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Nobel Peace Prize laureate and co-founder of Russian media outlet Novaya Gazeta, Dmitry Muratov on Wednesday dismissed a report from the state TASS news agency which said he had left Russia after being questioned about a colleague's criminal case.

"I express my condolences to colleagues forced to use information trash heaps," Novaya Gazeta quoted Muratov, whom the Russian authorities have designated "a foreign agent," as saying when asked about the report.

(Reporting by Reuters; editing by Guy Faulconbridge)