Viktor Shenderovich: Muratov and Sokurov are fighters

11 December 2021 by Viktor Shenderovich, writer, journalist, laureate of the Moscow Helsinki Group: Source:  Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: Ekho Moskvy] I scrolled through Facebook.  I see some commentators…

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Quote for the Week. Dmitry Muratov: “As governments continually improve the past, journalists try to improve the future.”

Week-ending 10 December 2021 Ill. Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach. But journalism in Russia is going through a dark valley. Over a hundred journalists, media outlets, human rights defenders…

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Legal Case of the Week: Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dmitry Muratov and Novaya Gazeta fined under ‘foreign agent’ law

Week-ending 19 November 2021 On 17 November 2021 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dmitry Muratov and the newspaper of which he is chief editor, Novaya gazeta, were fined for failing to…

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Quote for the Week: “Despite the killings and threats, editor-in-chief Muratov has refused to abandon the newspaper’s independent policy” – The Nobel Peace Prize Committee

Week-ending 8 October 2021 "The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2021 to Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov for their efforts to safeguard freedom of…

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Dmitry Muratov: “We demand an explanation from the Prosecutor General.” On the blocking of Elena Milashina’s article about the Coronavirus in Chechnya

16 April 2020 Source: Moscow Helsinki Group [original source: The Insider] On 15 April the Prosecutor General’s Office demanded that Roskomnadzor [the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and…

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