A prominent Russian journalist and Nobel Peace Prize winner, who has faced repeated threats and attacks, shared his harrowing experiences of repression in a rare public appearance in Washington. Speaking amid a climate of violence against media figures, he described assaults, the killings of colleagues, and the forced shutdown of his newspaper as part of a broader crackdown. His testimony offers a firsthand account of the dangers faced by independent journalists in his country, highlighting the erosion of press freedom under intense pressure. The visit marks one of his few opportunities to address an international audience directly about the risks he and others endure.
Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Moscow-based journalist Dmitry Muratov is careful about what he says and for good reason. He was assaulted in 2022 with red paint laced with acetone, and he’s seen colleagues murdered or forced into exile and his newspaper shut down. In a rare appearance in Washington, D.C. on Monday, he spoke...
