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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

Dmitry Muratov: Nobel Peace Prize winner and Putin critic ‘doused in paint during attack on Moscow train’

AP

Nobel Peace Prize-winning editor Dmitry Muratov was attacked with red oil paint and acetone on a train for his criticism of president Vladimir Putin and his newspaper’s coverage of the war in Ukraine.

Mr Muratov, who is the editor-in-chief of the Novaya Gazeta newspaper, said a miscreant poured the paint with acetone all over his sleeping compartment on the train bound for the Samara city from Moscow on Thursday.

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