Muratov's Nobel medal sold for more than $100 million

Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta. File photoWASHINGTON, Jun 21 Novaya Gazeta editor-in-chief Dmitry Muratov's Nobel Peace Prize medal sold for $103.5 million at an auction in the United States, Heritage Auction said. , the proceeds from the sale of which Muratov intends to transfer to the UNICEF fund for helping Ukrainian refugees, amounted to 550 thousand dollars. According to him, the organization promised that all proceeds will be directed to all countries where there are refugee children from Ukraine, including Poland, Russia, Germany, Moldova, Slovenia, the Czech Republic and Hungary. «If UNICEF decides and if we collect a large sum of money, they can distribute part of the money in favor of refugee children in Africa and Laos,» the editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta said. He expressed the hope that people around the world would support his initiative. “We want there to be a flash mob to fight injustice, so that people put their relics up for auction to help others,” Muratov said. Muratov and Filipino journalist Maria Ressa received diplomas and medals of Nobel Peace Prize winners in Oslo in 2021. Muratov announced his intention to put the medal up for auction in March.