Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov said he wants the donation to give Ukrainian child refugees 'a chance for a future'.
Nobel Peace Prize winner, journalist Dmitry Muratov, sold his medal for a record breaking sum which will go to Ukrainian refugees.A Nobel Peace Prize given to Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov auctioned to raise money for Ukrainian child refugees has sold for a record $US103.5 million .
The journalist has been highly critical of Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea and the invasion launched in February that has caused nearly five million Ukrainians to flee to other countries for safety, creating the largest humanitarian crisis in Europe since World War Two. Mr Muratov was awarded the gold medal in October 2021, and was editor-in-chief at Novaya Gazeta when it shut down in March amid the Kremlin's clampdown on journalists and public dissent.
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