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00:25 Dmitry Muratov, a Russian journalist who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2021,
00:30 said he would sell his medal whose benefits would be donated to Ukrainian refugees and wounded by the Russian offensive.
00:36 Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov announced on Tuesday, March 22, 2022
00:41 that the medal of his Nobel Peace Prize in 2021 would be offered during a sale
00:44 whose benefits would go to Ukrainian refugees and wounded by the Kremlin offensive.
00:48 The Novaya Gazeta newspaper, of which he is the editor-in-chief,
00:52 has decided to donate the Nobel Peace Prize medal to a fund intended to help Ukrainian refugees,
00:58 said Mr. Muratov in a statement on the site of this media.
01:02 "The medal, made of a gold and silver alloy, will be the subject of an estimate with a auction house,
01:08 which will then sell it at the highest bid," he added.
01:11 He specifies that Novaya Gazeta, the last bastion of the press still active in Russia,
01:17 wishes to help "civilian refugees, wounded children and those who need urgent treatment."
01:23 The newspaper also pleaded for "immediate measures" in Ukraine,
01:27 a ceasefire, an exchange of prisoners, the return of the bodies of the killed,
01:31 the provision of aid to civilians and the implementation of humanitarian corridors.
01:34 Nearly 3.5 million people fled Ukraine and the fighting triggered by the Russian army's offensive on 24 February,
01:41 according to the latest UN accounts published on Monday.
01:44 Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov announced on Tuesday, March 22, 2022
01:49 that the Nobel Peace Prize medal will be offered during a sale
01:52 whose profits will go to Ukrainian refugees and those wounded in the Kremlin's offensive.
01:56 The Novaya Gazeta newspaper, which he is the editor-in-chief of,
02:00 has decided to make the Nobel Peace Prize medal a donation to a fund intended to help Ukrainian refugees,
02:06 said Mr. Muratov in a statement on the site of this media.
02:09 "The medal, made of a gold and silver alloy, will be the subject of an estimate with a auction house,
02:16 which will then sell it at the highest bid," he added.
02:19 "Help the civilian refugees, the wounded children and those who are sick,"
02:23 he said Novaya Gazeta, the last bastion of the free press still in action in Russia,
02:28 "wishes to help the civilian refugees, the wounded children and those who are sick who need urgent treatment."
02:34 The newspaper also pleaded for immediate measures in Ukraine, a ceasefire, an exchange of prisoners,
02:40 the return of the bodies of the killed, the provision of aid to civilians and the implementation of humanitarian corridors.
02:47 Nearly 3.5 million people fled Ukraine and the fighting triggered by the Russian army's offensive on 24 February,
02:53 according to the latest UN accounts published on Monday.
02:55 Novaya Gazeta is known for its investigations into corruption and human rights abuses in Chechnya.
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