Dmitry Muratov is a Nobel Peace Prize winner and is in dire straits as a co-founder of Novaya Gazeta, Russia’s most important independent newspaper. An incomplete interview.
Finally he calls, Dmitry Muratov is just coming out of the hospital. There he visited Mikhail Gorbachev, his old friend from the days of perestroika, to congratulate him on his 91st birthday. For many years, Gorbachev has supported the Novaya Gazetathe Russian newspaper with a successful online edition, which can only be found in Russia Novaya name, the new one. As co-founder and long-time editor-in-chief of Novaya Dmitry Muratov received the together with the Filipino journalist Maria Ressa last October Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to promote freedom of the press and freedom of expression. At the time, Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov even congratulated him on his “talent” and “courage”. The President himself also congratulated him, but immediately made it clear that the Nobel Prize would not protect Muratov if he violated Russian laws.