Published by Wanda Rich
Posted on March 22, 2022
2 min readLast updated: February 8, 2026
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(Reuters) – Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov, a co-winner of last year’s Nobel Peace Prize, said on Tuesday he would donate his Nobel medal to be auctioned to raise funds for Ukrainian refugees.
(Reuters) – Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov, a co-winner of last year’s Nobel Peace Prize, said on Tuesday he would donate his Nobel medal to be auctioned to raise funds for Ukrainian refugees.
The Novaya Gazeta newspaper, where Muratov is editor-in-chief, in early March said it would remove material on Russia’s military actions in Ukraine from its website because of censorship, in response to threats of criminal prosecution of journalists and citizens who veer from the government’s official line.
“Novaya Gazeta and I have decided to donate the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize Medal to the Ukrainian Refugee Fund,” an article published with Muratov’s name said. “There are already over 10 million refugees. I ask the auction houses to respond and put up for auction this world-famous award.”
Russia sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24 in what it called a special operation to degrade its southern neighbour’s military capabilities and root out people it called dangerous nationalists.
Ukrainian forces have mounted stiff resistance and the West has imposed sweeping sanctions on Russia in an effort to force it to withdraw its forces.
Muratov and Novaya Gazeta, a newspaper critical of the Kremlin, said five things needed to be done right away: “Stop combat fire, exchange prisoners, release the bodies of the dead, provide humanitarian corridors and assistance, and support refugees.”
Muratov, who won the award jointly with Maria Ressa of the Philippines, co-founder of news site Rappler, dedicated his Nobel prize last year to six of the newspaper’s journalists who had been murdered for their work.
(Reporting by Reuters)
The Nobel Peace Prize is an international award given annually to individuals or organizations that have made significant contributions to peace efforts.
Humanitarian corridors are safe passages established to allow the delivery of aid and the evacuation of people from conflict zones.
A refugee fund is a financial resource dedicated to supporting individuals who have fled their home countries due to conflict, persecution, or disaster.
Censorship is the suppression or prohibition of speech, public communication, or other information that may be considered objectionable or harmful.
Sanctions are penalties or restrictions imposed by countries or international organizations to influence or punish a nation or entity for specific behaviors.
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