Journalist Who Won Nobel Peace Prize Auctions It For Record $103.5 Million to Help Ukrainian Children
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Journalist Dmitry Muratov auctioned his Nobel Peace Prize on Monday for a record $103.5 million to help Ukrainian children.
The money went to UNICEF’s child refugee fund, according to Heritage Auctions, which conducted the auction ofMuratov’s prize. It will help Ukrainian children refugees amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
#HERITAGELIVE #DmitryMuratov, EIC of Russian news outlet #NovayaGazeta, with HA, auctioned his 2021 #NobelPeacePrize to benefit UNICEF’s child refugee fund. It sold for $103,500,000 https://t.co/MTW6PcX201
HA worked to ensure the winning bid is already in #UNICEF‘s possession. pic.twitter.com/BThlZTqjBq
— Heritage Auctions (@HeritageAuction) June 21, 2022
In October, Muratov, along with journalist Maria Ressa, won the 2021 peace prize.
In 1993, Muratov co-founded the independent newspaper Novaja Gazeta, where he is editor-in-chief. In March, the publication halted its operations due to Russian censorship.
“Novaja Gazeta’s opponents have responded with harassment, threats, violence, and murder. Since the newspaper’s start, six of its journalists have been killed, including Anna Politkovskaya who wrote revealing articles on the war in Chechnya,” according to the Norwegian Nobel Committee in October.
Until it suspended its operations, the publication had “published critical articles on subjects ranging from corruption, police violence, unlawful arrests, electoral fraud and ‘troll factories’ to the use of Russian military forces both within and outside Russia,” according to the committee.
In April, Muratov was attacked on a train with red paint. U.S. intelligence accused Russia of being behind the act.
