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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-18/russian-journalist-auctioning-his-nobel-prize-ukrainian-refugees/101163888>
"Russian journalist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dmitry Muratov is auctioning
his Nobel medal for Ukrainian refugees.
Mr Muratov is distraught at the eradication of independent media in his
country, where he says fewer and fewer people support Moscow's military
campaign.
He is the bear-like co-founder and long-time editor-in-chief of
Novaya
Gazeta, a newspaper critical of the Kremlin that was itself established in
1993 with money from former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev's Nobel Peace
Prize.
For years, it defied tightening restrictions on dissenting media, but in March
it finally suspended its online and print activities after it became a crime —
punishable by 15 years in jail — to report anything on the conflict that veered
from the government line."
Followup:
Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov's Nobel Peace Prize medal auction smashes
records, helping Ukrainian child refugees
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-21/dmitry-muratov-nobel-peace-prize-medal-auction-smashes-records/101170154>
"The Nobel Peace Prize medal auctioned off by Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov
to raise money for Ukrainian child refugees fetched $US103.5 million ($148.6
million) on Monday night (local time), shattering the old record for such a
sale."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
