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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

Dmitry Muratov sells Nobel peace prize at auction for record $103.5m, with proceeds going to Ukraine

EPA

Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov has auctioned off his Nobel Peace Prize for a record $103.5m (£84.3m) to aid Ukrainian children displaced by Russia’s unprovoked war.

Mr Muratov, the 60-year-old editor-in-chief of the Novaya Gazeta newspaper and a fierce critic of Russian president Vladimir Putin, received the Nobel Peace Prize last year along with Filipino journalist Maria Ressa for fighting for the freedom of the press under challenging conditions.

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