Muratov promised to transfer the money to UNICEF, which will send it to countries where there are refugees and children of refugees from Ukraine.
At the Heritage auction in the United States, the Nobel medal of Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of the Russian Novaya Gazeta, was sold for $ 103.5 million. This was reported by Novaya Gazeta. Europe.
Muratov promised to transfer the money to UNICEF, which will send it to countries where there are refugees and children of refugees from Ukraine.
“All the money we receive today, we transferred to UNICEF, which promised that this money would go to all countries where there are refugees and children of refugees from Ukraine: in Poland, Russia, Germany, Moldova , Slovenia, Hungary, “he said. sabi.
The price of the medal started at $ 550,000. Buyers offered 10 million dollars for the medal, then the price rose to 15 million and 16 million, after which it rose sharply to 103.5 million dollars.
An anonymous buyer announced his intention to redeem the award for this amount over the phone.
It noted that Dmitry Muratov and Filipino journalist Maria Ressa were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2021 “for their efforts to protect freedom of expression, which is a prerequisite for democracy and lasting peace.”
Muratov spoke out against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and called for an end to the fighting. He announced his intention to sell the medal by the end of March this year.
Novaya Gazeta soon announced the work suspension. The formal reason was the receipt of a second warning from Roskomnadzor about the absence of foreign agents marking the publication materials.
It was previously reported that in the Russian Federation, due to the truth about the war, they restricted access to the websites of the Echo of Moscow and Rain.
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Source: korrespondent
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