Russian law allows for individuals and organisations receiving funding from abroad to be declared foreign agents.
Dmitry Muratov was chief editor of Novaya Gazeta, which was widely respected abroad for its investigative reporting and was frequently critical of the Kremlin
Russian law allows for individuals and organisations receiving funding from abroad to be declared foreign agents, a pejorative term that potentially undermines their credibility with the Russian public. Mr Muratov was chief editor of Novaya Gazeta, which was widely respected abroad for its investigative reporting and was frequently critical of the Kremlin.He was a co-laureate of the 2021 Nobel prize; he later put up his Nobel medal for auction, receiving 103.5 million US dollars which he said would be used to aid refugee children from Ukraine.
Many of its journalists started a new publication called Novaya Gazeta Europe that is based in Latvia.
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