Nobel gesture to assist Ukrainians

RUSSIAN journalist Dmitry Muratov, a co-winner of last year’s Nobel Peace Prize, will be donating his medal to be auctioned to raise funds for Ukrainian refugees.

“Novaya Gazeta and I have decided to donate the (Nobel medal) to the Ukrainian Refugee Fund,” he said. “There are… over 10 million refugees.”

The Novaya Gazeta, where Muratov is editor, said it would remove material on Russia’s actions in Ukraine from its website because of censorship, in response to threats of prosecution of journalists and citizens who veer from the government’s official line.