Muratov, who was awarded the gold medal in October 2021, said proceeds would go to Unicef to help children displaced by Ukraine war
“It has to become a beginning of a flashmob as an example to follow so people auction their valuable possessions to help Ukrainians,” Muratov said in a video released by Heritage Auctions, which handled the sale but is not taking any share of the proceeds.
Muratov has been highly critical of Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea and the war launched in February that has caused nearly 5 million Ukrainians to flee to other countries for safety, creating the largest humanitarian crisis inIndependent journalists in Russia have come under scrutiny by the Kremlin, if not been outright targets of the government.
“I can’t believe it, I’m awestruck,” Joshua Benesh, the chief strategy officer for Heritage Auctions, said after the auction. “Personally, I’m flabbergasted … I don’t really know what happened in there.
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