{"id":1525148,"date":"2022-06-21T13:19:21","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T17:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1525148"},"modified":"2022-06-21T13:19:32","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T17:19:32","slug":"nobel-peace-prize-winning-journalist-auctions-award-for-record-103-5-million-to-help-ukrainian-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nobel-peace-prize-winning-journalist-auctions-award-for-record-103-5-million-to-help-ukrainian-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Nobel Peace Prize Winning Journalist Auctions Award For Record $103.5 Million To Help Ukrainian Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnobel-peace-prize-winning-journalist-auctions-award-for-record-103-5-million-to-help-ukrainian-children%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1525148&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov auctioned his Nobel Peace Prize on Monday for a record $103.5 million with the proceeds donated to help Ukrainian children.<\/p>\n<p>The auction-record amount will support United Nations Children\u2019s Fund (UNICEF) child refugee fund, according to Heritage Auctions. The donation will support Ukrainian child refugees impacted due to Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\" data-testid=\"paragraph-6\">\u201cThis award is unlike any other auction offering to present,\u201d Heritage Auctions said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/russian-nobel-peace-laureate-muratov-sells-medal-104-mln-aid-ukraine-children-2022-06-21\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a> ahead of the sale.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__base__22dCE body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\" data-testid=\"paragraph-7\">\u201cMr. Muratov, with the full support of his staff at Novaya Gazeta, is allowing us to auction his medal not as a collectible but as an event that he hopes will positively impact the lives of millions of Ukrainian refugees,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HERITAGELIVE?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HERITAGELIVE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DmitryMuratov?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DmitryMuratov<\/a>, EIC of Russian news outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NovayaGazeta?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NovayaGazeta<\/a>, with HA, auctioned his 2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NobelPeacePrize?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NobelPeacePrize<\/a> to benefit UNICEF&#39;s child refugee fund. It sold for $103,500,000 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MTW6PcX201\">https:\/\/t.co\/MTW6PcX201<\/a><\/p>\n<p>HA worked to ensure the winning bid is already in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UNICEF?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UNICEF<\/a>&#39;s possession. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BThlZTqjBq\">pic.twitter.com\/BThlZTqjBq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Heritage Auctions (@HeritageAuction) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HeritageAuction\/status\/1539041265098039296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was hoping that there was going to be an enormous amount of solidarity, but I was not expecting this to be such a huge amount,\u201d Muratov <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-dmitry-muratov-journalists-9a6bb6e61350e1bb8221924c1bfe30a3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> during an interview after bidding ended on World Refugee Day. The highest previous amount paid for a Nobel Prize medal was $4.76 million in 2014, according to the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>Muratov, the co-founder and former editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta, won the prize in 2021 along with Filipino journalist Maria Ressa. He dedicated the prize to the members of his paper who had lost their lives in their work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Novaja Gazeta<\/em>\u2019s opponents have responded with harassment, threats, violence, and murder. Since the newspaper\u2019s start, six of its journalists have been killed, including\u00a0Anna Politkovskaya\u00a0who wrote revealing articles on the war in Chechnya,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/news\/journalist-who-won-nobel-peace-prize-auctions-it-for-record-103-5-million-to-help-ukrainian-children\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to<\/a> the Norwegian Nobel Committee in October, per Mediaite.<\/p>\n<p>Until it suspended its operations, the publication had\u00a0\u201cpublished critical articles on subjects ranging from corruption, police violence, unlawful arrests, electoral fraud and \u2018troll factories\u2019 to the use of Russian military forces both within and outside Russia,\u201d according to the committee.<\/p>\n<p>Muratov was attacked in April with red paint while on a Russian train. U.S. government officials confirmed that Russian intelligence was behind the attack over Muratov\u2019s criticisms of the Russian government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe United States can confirm that Russian intelligence orchestrated the 7 April attack on Novaya Gazeta\u2019s editor in chief Dmitry Muratov, in which he was splashed with red paint containing acetone,\u201d a U.S. official said in an April statement, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2022\/04\/28\/russia-ukraine-muratov-attack-intelligence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to<\/a> The Washington Post.<\/p>\n<p>The attack highlighted the dangers to journalists who have opposed the Russian government. In addition to Muratov, The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/moscow-murders-the-danger-of-standing-up-to-the-russian-regime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previously reported<\/a> that on August 20, 2020, the leading political opponent of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Alexei Navalny, suddenly fell seriously and mysteriously ill while on a flight from the Siberian city of Tomsk to Moscow. After an emergency landing, Navalny was rushed to a hospital and put into a coma. Two days later, he was evacuated to a hospital in Germany.<\/p>\n<p>There, five certified labs from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons confirmed that a nerve agent had been used to poison Navalny.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe presence of this poison was discovered without any doubt,\u201d then German Chancellor Angela Merkel <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/C3Ou_JY2yV0\">announced<\/a>\u00a0at the time. \u201cTherefore, it is now certain that Alexei Navalny is the victim of a crime. The attempt was to silence him, and I condemn this.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov auctioned his Nobel Peace Prize on Monday for a record $103.5 million with the proceeds donated to help Ukrainian children. The auction-record amount will support United Nations Children\u2019s Fund (UNICEF) child refugee fund, according to Heritage Auctions. 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