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'''Dmitry Andreyevich Muratov''' ({{lang-ru|Дмитрий Андреевич Муратов}}, born 30 October 1961) is a [[Russia]]n journalist, television presenter and the editor-in-chief of the Russian newspaper ''[[Novaya Gazeta]]''.<ref name="neweditornov17">{{cite web | url=https://www.novayagazeta.ru/news/2017/11/17/137108-glavnym-redaktorom-novoy-gazety-stal-sergey-kozheurov | title=Главным редактором "Новой газеты" стал Сергей Кожеуров | work=Novaya Gazeta | date=17 November 2017 | access-date=17 November 2017}}</ref> He was awarded the [[2021 Nobel Peace Prize]] jointly with [[Maria Ressa]].<ref name="nobelprize.summary">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2021/summary/<!-- |archiveurl=http://archive.today/20211008090154/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2021/summary/|url-status=| --> |title=The Nobel Peace Prize 2021|website=NobelPrize.org}}</ref>
'''Dmitry Andreyevich Muratov''' ({{lang-ru|Дмитрий Андреевич Муратов}}, born 30 October 1961) is a [[Russia]]n journalist, television presenter and the editor-in-chief of the Russian newspaper ''[[Novaya Gazeta]]''.<ref name="neweditornov17">{{cite web | url=https://www.novayagazeta.ru/news/2017/11/17/137108-glavnym-redaktorom-novoy-gazety-stal-sergey-kozheurov | title=Главным редактором "Новой газеты" стал Сергей Кожеуров | work=Novaya Gazeta | date=17 November 2017 | access-date=17 November 2017}}</ref> He was awarded the [[2021 Nobel Peace Prize]] jointly with [[Maria Ressa]].<ref name="nobelprize.summary">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2021/summary/<!-- |archiveurl=http://archive.today/20211008090154/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2021/summary/|url-status=| --> |title=The Nobel Peace Prize 2021|website=NobelPrize.org}}</ref>


Muratov co-founded the pro-democracy newspaper ''Novaya Gazeta'' in 1993 with several other journalists. He was the newspaper's editor-in-chief from 1995 to 2017, and again assumed the position in 2019. The newspaper is known for its reporting on sensitive topics such as governmental corruption and human rights violations.<ref name="cpj">{{Cite web|url=http://cpj.org/awards/2007/muratov.php|title = Dmitry Muratov, Editor of Novaya Gazeta, Russia}}</ref> As editor-in-chief he published articles by [[Anna Politkovskaya]] that scrutinised the [[Putin regime]]. Muratov helped to create "the only truly critical newspaper with national influence in Russia today", according to the [[Committee to Protect Journalists]].<ref name=":1" /> His paper has also been influential on shedding light of the turbulent situations in [[Chechnya]] and the [[Northern Caucasus]] in general.
Muratov co-founded the pro-democracy newspaper ''Novaya Gazeta'' in 1993 with several other journalists. He was the newspaper's editor-in-chief from 1995 to 2017, and again assumed the position in 2019. The newspaper is known for its reporting on sensitive topics such as governmental corruption and human rights violations.<ref name="cpj">{{Cite web|url=http://cpj.org/awards/2007/muratov.php|title = Dmitry Muratov, Editor of Novaya Gazeta, Russia}}</ref> As editor-in-chief he published articles by [[Anna Politkovskaya]] that scrutinised the [[Putin regime]]. Muratov helped to create "the only truly critical newspaper with national influence in Russia today", according to the [[Committee to Protect Journalists]]. His paper has also been influential on shedding light of the turbulent situations in [[Chechnya]] and the [[Northern Caucasus]] in general.


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==

Revision as of 16:38, 8 October 2021

Dmitry Muratov
Дмитрий Муратов
Born
Dmitry Andreyevich Muratov

(1961-10-30) 30 October 1961 (age 63)
Kuybyshev, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
CitizenshipRussia
EducationKuybyshev State University (BA)
Occupations
Years active1987–present
EmployerNovaya Gazeta
AwardsOrder of Friendship, Order of Honour, CPJ International Press Freedom Awards, Legion of Honour, Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, World Association of Newspapers' Golden Pen of Freedom Award, 2021 Nobel Peace Prize
Websitenovayagazeta.ru/authors/12

Dmitry Andreyevich Muratov (Template:Lang-ru, born 30 October 1961) is a Russian journalist, television presenter and the editor-in-chief of the Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta.[1] He was awarded the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize jointly with Maria Ressa.[2]

Muratov co-founded the pro-democracy newspaper Novaya Gazeta in 1993 with several other journalists. He was the newspaper's editor-in-chief from 1995 to 2017, and again assumed the position in 2019. The newspaper is known for its reporting on sensitive topics such as governmental corruption and human rights violations.[3] As editor-in-chief he published articles by Anna Politkovskaya that scrutinised the Putin regime. Muratov helped to create "the only truly critical newspaper with national influence in Russia today", according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. His paper has also been influential on shedding light of the turbulent situations in Chechnya and the Northern Caucasus in general.

Early life and education

Dmitry Muratov was born on 30 October 1961 in Kuibyshev, now called Samara.[4] He studied at the Faculty of Philology of Kuybyshev State University for five years, where he discovered his interest in journalism. While in college he made contact with local newspapers and held a part-time job in journalism.

From 1983 to 1985, after graduating from university, he served in the Soviet Army as a communication equipment security specialist.[5]

Early career

In 1987, Muratov began working as a correspondent for Volzhsky Komsomolets newspaper. His superiors were so impressed that by the end of his first year he was appointed to Head of the Komsomolskaya Pravda Youth Department, and later was promoted to editor of news articles.[6] Muratov left Komsomolskaya Pravda in 1988.

Novaya Gazeta

In 1993, Muratov and 50+ other colleagues from Komsomolskaya Pravda left to start their own paper titled Novaya Gazeta. Their goal was to create a publication that was "an honest, independent, and rich"[7] source for the citizens of Russia. The newspaper’s mission is to conduct in-depth investigations into human rights issues, corruption and abuse of power. Novaya Gazeta's newsroom started out with two computers, two rooms, one printer and no salary for the employees. Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev generously donated some of his Nobel Peace Prize money to pay for salaries and computers for the paper. Muratov helped to create Novaya Gazeta, where he was named Deputy Press Editor.[8]

In December 1994–January 1995, Muratov was a correspondent in the war zone of the First Chechen War.[9]

In 1995, he became the head of the editorial board, a position he held until 2017, when he said he would not run for reelection. In 2019, Muratov ran for and was re-elected to the head of the editorial board of the Novaya Gazeta.[8]

Novaya Gazeta is known as one of the "only truly critical newspapers with national influence in Russia today" by the Committee to Protect Journalists. Muratov often reported on sensitive topics including human rights violations, high-level government corruption, and abuse of power. His political beliefs, such as supporting freedom of press, has led to conflict with fellow journalists and the government.[10]

Muratov interviews President Medvedev in 2009

In 2004, the newspaper printed seven articles by columnist Georgy Rozhnov, which accused Sergey Kiriyenko of embezzling US$4.8 billion of International Monetary Fund funds in 1998 when he was Prime Minister of Russia.[11] The newspaper based the accusations on a letter allegedly written to Colin Powell and signed by U.S. Congressmen Philip Crane, Mike Pence, Charlie Norwood, Dan Burton and Henry Bonilla and posted on the website of the American Defense Council.[12] The newspaper claimed that Kiriyenko had used some of the embezzled funds to purchase real estate in the United States. It was later claimed that the letter was a prank concocted by The eXile.[12] In response, Kiriyenko sued Novaya Gazeta and Rozhnov for libel, and in passing judgement in favour of Kiriyenko the court ordered Novaya Gazeta to retract all publications relating to the accusations and went on to say that the newspaper "is obliged to publish only officially proven information linking Mr Kiriyenko with embezzlement."[11]

After Novaya Gazeta published an investigation by journalist Denis Korotkov about Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin,[13] in October 2018, Denis Korotkov and the editor-in-chief at Novaya Gazeta were the target of threatening deliveries of a severed ram's head and funeral flowers to the paper's offices. The style of the threat resembled others by Kremlin-linked Yevgeny Prigozhin.[14]

Novaya Gazeta published reports about anti-gay purges in Chechnya in 2017, where three men were allegedly killed, and dozens detained and intimidated. After publication, the Chechen Government denied the existence of persecutions in the Republic.[15]

The newspaper published the report by Elena Milashina and the list of 27 Chechens killed on 26 January 2017. The newspaper also addressed the report and the list to the Russian Government service, Investigative Committee of Russia, and asked the Committee to investigate the data about the published list. While Novaya Gazeta calling names of 27 Chechens killed in the list, newspaper supposed that real number might be even more, of 56 Chechens killed that night. The newspaper said that the allegedly killed Chechens were citizens of the Republic of Chechnya, who were detained by Governmental security service, put in custody inside a guarded territory owned by Traffic Police regiment in the City of Grozny, and executed on 26 January with gunfire (several men brutally killed by asphyxiation[16]) by State Security forces without filing any legal accusations.[17]

During Muratov's time at the Novaya Gazeta, six of its journalists have been killed.[10] In 2000, Igor Domnikov was murdered in a Moscow apartment building. In 2001, Victor Popkov died after being wounded in the crossfire of a gunfight in Chechnya.[10] In 2003, Yury Shchekochikhin died after investigating a corruption scandal where high-ranking Russian officials were involved.[10] Anna Politkovskaya was assassinated in her apartment block in 2006 after spending her career covering Chechnya and the Northern Caucasus.[10] In 2009, both Anastasia Baburova and Natalia Estemirova were shot and killed.[18]

Muratov stepped down from the paper in 2017 crediting the exhausting nature of running the paper.[19] Muratov spent over 20 years as editor-in-chief. His absence was brief as he resumed his position in 2019 after the paper’s staff voted for his return.[20]

Awards and honours

Muratov after having received the Four Freedoms Award
Muratov after having received the Four Freedoms Award

Muratov is a decorated journalist that has received numerous awards and honours for his contributions to his craft. He received the International Press Freedom Award in 2007 from the Committee to Protect Journalists for his bravery in defending the freedom of the press in the face of danger.[21] On 29 January 2010, he was acknowledged by the French government for his devotion to the freedom of journalists. He was given the Legion of Honour order; France’s highest civil decoration.[22] Muratov traveled to the Netherlands in May of 2010 to receive the Four Freedoms Award for the Novaya Gazeta.[23] In 2016, Muratov accepted the Golden Pen of Freedom Award from the World Association of News Publishers.

Nobel Peace Prize

Main article: 2021 Nobel Peace Prize

Muratov was awarded the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, alongside Maria Ressa of the Philippines. They received the prize "for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace."[2] Muratov said he would have given the prize to jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny instead.[24]

Political views

Muratov is a member of the Yabloko political party.[25]

References

  1. ^ "Главным редактором "Новой газеты" стал Сергей Кожеуров". Novaya Gazeta. 17 November 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  2. ^ a b "The Nobel Peace Prize 2021". NobelPrize.org.
  3. ^ "Dmitry Muratov, Editor of Novaya Gazeta, Russia".
  4. ^ "Dmitry Muratov". Nobelprize.org. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Муратов, Дмитрий Главный редактор "Новой газеты"" [Muratov, Dmitry Editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta]. Lenta.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-10-08.
  6. ^ "Dmitry Muratov: biografija, novinarske aktivnosti".
  7. ^ "Dmitry Muratov, Editor of Novaya Gazeta, Russia".
  8. ^ a b "Главным редактором «Новой газеты» вновь избрали Дмитрия Муратова". РБК.
  9. ^ "Муратов, Дмитрий Главный редактор "Новой газеты"". lenta.ru.
  10. ^ a b c d e "Biography of 2016 Golden Pen of Freedom Laureate Dmitry Muratov".
  11. ^ a b Melnikov, Mikhail (11–17 October 2004). "III. Lawsuits against Journalists". Center for Journalism in Extreme Situations. Retrieved 31 January 2009.
  12. ^ a b Ames, Mark (22 July 2004). "Double Punk'd! Meta-Prank Goes Mega-Bad". The eXile. Archived from the original on 26 February 2008.
  13. ^ "Novaya Gazeta Report: 'Putin's Chef' Involved in Attacks, Killing". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 22 October 2018. Archived from the original on 3 October 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  14. ^ Six red carnations and one severed ram’s head: Deadly threats sent to Russian independent newspaper, Global Voices, 18 October 2018
  15. ^ Walker, Shaun (2 April 2017). "Chechen police 'have rounded up more than 100 suspected gay men'". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  16. ^ Милашина, Елена (23 July 2019). "Подвал имени Кадырова" [Basement named after Kadyrov]. Новая Газета (in Russian). Archived from the original on 29 December 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  17. ^ "Союз журналистов Чечни опубликовал обращение к "Новой газете"" [The Union of Chechen Journalists has published an appeal to Novaya Gazeta]. Новая Газета (in Russian). 11 July 2017. Archived from the original on 7 December 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  18. ^ "Russian opposition newspaper will arm its journalists". 26 October 2017.
  19. ^ "After 22 Years, Novaya Gazeta Editor Dmitry Muratov Steps Down". 13 November 2017.
  20. ^ "Russian media veteran Dmitry Muratov returns to 'Novaya Gazeta' editor-in-chief post". Meduza.
  21. ^ "CPJ congratulates Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov for winning the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize". CPJ. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  22. ^ "Watchdog". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty.
  23. ^ "Yhe Franklin Delano Roosevelt Four Freedoms Awards 2020" (PDF).
  24. ^ "Navalny Deserved Peace Prize, Russian Nobel Winner Says". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
  25. ^ Yabloko, Author:. "Russian Democratic Party Yabloko –". Russian Democratic Party Yabloko. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
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