Russia labels Nobel-winning journalist 'foreign agent'


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  • Saturday, 02 Sep 2023

FILE PHOTO: Dmitry Muratov, editor of the now-banned independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta and also a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, speaks after a hearing of the case of Russian veteran human rights campaigner Oleg Orlov accused of discrediting Russia's armed forces, in Moscow, Russia, June 8, 2023. REUTERS/Yulia Morozova/File Photo

(Reuters) - Russian authorities on Friday designated Nobel Prize-winning journalist Dmitry Muratov as a "foreign agent," a move often aimed at critics of Kremlin policies.

Russian news agencies quoted the Justice Ministry as saying Muratov, editor of the independent Novaya Gazeta newspaper and a co-laureate of the 2021 Nobel peace prize, was one of several Russian nationals added to the list.

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