when you describe that novaya gazeta is the l describe that novaya gazeta is the last remaining independentication inside russia, it seems interesting that the kremlin spokesman congratulated dmitry muratov on his win. how does he manage to walk that very fine line with the kremlin?— line with the kremlin? dmitry muratov does _ line with the kremlin? dmitry muratov does not _ line with the kremlin? dmitry muratov does not really - line with the kremlin? dmitry muratov does not really walk| line with the kremlin? dmitry| muratov does not really walk a line with the kremlin? dmitry - muratov does not really walk a fine line with the kremlin. he does not really interact with the kremlin. they are most likely glad that the nobel prize went to dmitry muratov and not to alexei navalny, the opposition leader who is now incarcerated. it is easier to give the nobel peace prize two journalists who are not incarcerated than an opposition figure. but, anyway, the news has not been really much reported. in russia, the official tv coverage and somewhere in the second half of the main today evening news p

their paper, novaya gazeta, has been highly critical of president putin and russia's ruling elite.h as the stuffing of ballot boxes as well as official corruption and police violence. translation: | don't know| what effect this nobel award will have on censorship of the media here in russia, with many investigative journalists being accused of being foreign agents. maria ressa from the philippines is the other winner, a woman described by the nobel committee as fearless. she's faced criminal charges and death threats. her work has exposed state abuses under the controversial president rodrigo duturte, in particular the extrajudicial killings that have come with his deadly war on drugs. thousands of people, mostly from poor communities, have been murdered. today, maria ressa spoke of the vital importance of telling the truth. when you don't have facts, you don't have a truth, you don't have trust. trust is what holds us together to be able to solve the complex problems our world is facing today, so when you attack the media, oftentimes it is about shooting the messenger. two messeng

and i am talking about alexei navalny. >> schifrin: "novaya gazeta" was in part started with money wonkhail gorbachev for his 1990 nobel peace prize. today, at first, the kremlin congratulated muratov. but then the justice ministry labeled more radio free europe/ radio liberty, and bbc journalists, "foreign agents." yesterday was the 15-year anniversary of the murder of anna politkovskaya, a "novaya gazeta" journalist who investigated russian military and intelligence abuses. today, nobel committee chair berit reiss-anderson said, that kind of stifling of freedom of expression, can stifle peace. >> they are representatives of all journalists who stand up for this ideal in a world in which democracy and freedom of the press face increasingly adverse conditions. >> reporter: i'm joined by joel simon, executive director of the committee to protect journalists, an independent organize that promotes press freedom worldwide. joel simon, welcome back to the "newshour". we just heard the chairman of the nobel committee say journalists around the world face increasingly adverse conditions. so d

why do you think that during muratov�*s tenure as editor and editor in chief of novaya gazeta, six ofave been murdered? i have no idea. no idea at all? could it be that they're independent—minded journalists who seek the truth and often challenge power and your government? ourjournalists are independent enough to develop their ideas, to pursue their profession in a manner that clearly fits into the set of their ideas and the set of principles and purposes that they serve and the degree of independence is a debatable issue for every journalist. i would not try to, you know, switch into a blame game here. ijust have a question whether you see your corporation as an independent one. well, i think that's... it's a great question. i guess my question to you, because obviously i'm asking the questions today, my question to you is why are you so frightened of the bbc and other independent media outlets? we are not frightened at all. we freely talk. the more you would invite us to engage with you, the better. but the policy which the uk government pursues towards our media, including rt, sput

nick: dmitry muratov is the longtime editor of "novaya gazeta," an island of independence in a sea ofd or controlled by the kremlin. other independent russian journalists have been detained, and outlets banned or declared "foreign agents," the same designation given to the country's leading opposition figure alexei navalny. >> if i were a member of the nobel peace committee, i would vote for a man the bookmakers bet on. but, i think this man has everything ahead of him, and i am talking about alexei navalny. nick: "novaya gazeta" was in part started with money won by mikhail gorbachev for his 1990 nobel peace prize. today, at first, the kremlin congratulated muratov. but then, the justice ministry labeled more radio free europe/radio liberty and bbc journalists "foreign agents." yesterday was the 15-year anniversary of the murder of anna politkovskaya, a "novaya gazeta" journalist who investigated russian military and intelligence abuses. today, nobel committee chair berit reiss-anderson said that kind of stifling of freedom of expression can stifle peace. >> they are representatives

let's go to our reporter simon novaya gazeta, whojoins me from one of our reporter simon novaya gazeta — simon hare. yes. contenders, darby - simon hare. yes, a real sense — contenders, darby - simon hare. yes, a real sense of — contenders, darby - simon hare. yes, a real sense of excitement _ contenders, darby — simon hare. yes a real sense of excitement that derby has made this short and some degree of people pleasantly surprised as derby was quite late to the whole process, while some cities had been putting their bids to for three years. derby got its together in the final three months before the deadline and, as you say, they are now down to the eight on the long shortlist and that is from a record number of entries this year, 20, for the uk city of culture 2025, with coventry the current city of culture for 2021. coventry the current city of culture for2021. it coventry the current city of culture for 2021. it is notjust the title, it is what it does for the area, it leads to millions of pounds of investment, it helps to create jobs and to attract visitors, notjust for the year i

he's editor of the newspaper novaya gazeta.speculated how election officials might try to discredit the honor. >> translator: wherever we will be declared as foreign agents after having received the nobel prize i was not given a clear answer to that but, if, yes, it will read as follows on the novaya gazeta website, this message was created by the foreign agent and the nobel prize winner. >> in fact, russia did label nine people in five groups as foreign agents after the announcement. muratov wasn't among them other other agents were. foreign agents in russia are required to provide detailed financial reports and put warning on their content. one of the groups is a site that has worked with cnn in the past. the group tweeted this, the goal of designate ing bellingcat is likely an attempt to limit the opportunities of russian media to cite our investigations and circulate our finding in russia. more on the other nobel winner. maria ressa, she worked here at cnn for 15 years before starting her own media company. will ripley has

novaya gazeta's journalists have long exposed high-level corruption and official lies.f them have been killed on his watch, including the fearless anna politkovskaya, who was shot in 2006. it was in their names, muratov told a sea of microphones that he accepted the nobel. the other winner is maria ressa of the philippines, the only woman nobel laureate this year. she founded the online website rappler which tracked the extra- judicial killings of president duterte's war on drugging. ressa has been threatened, harassed, and arrested for her reporting, but undaunted, she's become an outspoken campaigner against disinformation. >> so, if you don't have facts, you can't have truth. if you don't have truth, you can't have trust. without any of these things, democracy, as we know it, is dead. >> reporter: the nobel committee agreed, and noted that things for journalists everywhere are getting harder. the committee to protect journalists reports that this year so far, 84 of them are either missing or dead. margaret. >> brennan: elizabeth palmer in london. still ahead on tonig

their paper novaya gazeta has been highly critical of president putin and russia's ruling elite.have exposed electoral fraud such as the stuffing of ballot boxes, as well as official corruption and police violence. translation: | don't know| what effect this nobel award will have on censorship of the media here in russia, with many investigative journalists being accused of being foreign agents. maria ressa from the philippines is the other winner, a woman described by the nobel committee as fearless. she has faced criminal charges and death threats. her work has exposed state abuses under the controversial president rodrigo duterte, in particular the extrajudicial killings that have come with his deadly war on drugs. thousands of people, mostly from poor communities, have been murdered. today, maria ressa spoke of the vital importance of telling the truth. when you don't have facts, you don't have truth, you don't have trust. trust is what holds us together to be able to solve the complex problems our world is facing today. so when you attack the media, oftentimes it's about sho

mr muratov is a co founder of russia's leading independent newspaper novaya gazeta. been harrassed and put on government blacklists as "foreign agents" or "undesirable organisations". he's been speaking to our correspondent richard galpin. translation: this price is definitely not for me. i shouldn't be receiving this. it is a price for all the generals who have given their lives for their profession. br; their lives for their profession. by winning the nobel peace prize, you think it will give protection to independentjournalists in russia? independent journalists in russia ? we independentjournalists in russia? we have a very complicated situation with the media now. a lot of media start—ups, especially the ones that do investigations, have been declared foreign agents or undesirable organisations. a lot of journalists are falling victim to censorship and repression so i think we need to give part of this money to —— part of this prize money to independentjournalists. hagar independent “ournalists. how independent journalists. how concerned are _ independent journa

amy: dmitry muratov is the co-founder and editor of the russia newspaper novaya gazeta. of the newspaper's reporters have been killed since its creation, including anna politkovskaya in 2006, a fierce critic of russian president vladimir putin and the chechen war. maria ressa is the founder, ceo and executive editor of rappler, and acclaimed news website in the philippines. she has been repeatedly arrested by the roderigo duterte government who has threatened to shut down rappler. she spoke earlier today after she won the nobel prize. >> we've long said since 2016 that we are fighting for fax. -- facts and when we live in a world where factss are develop a -- debatable and the largest distributor of news spreads lies and anger faster and further than fact, then journalism becomes optimism -- activism, and that's the transition we've gone through, that we were on quicksand, how do we do what we do? how can journalists continue the mission of journalism? why is it so difficult to continue telling the community and the world what the facts are? in the battle for facts, i gu

editor in chief of novaya gazeta, the most independent newspaper in russia today.ve been killed, just think about that for a moment, six of itsjournalists have been killed as they went about theirjob. as we heard, despite that, he, dmitry muratov, has consistently defended the right of his journalists to write independent, fact —based pieces, whether they be critical of the current government of russia or not. in the uk, the nhs has launched its biggest campaign against winter flu, with more than a0 million people across the uk being offered a vaccine. health chiefs are worried about the prospect of flu and covid—19 circulating together. they fear people could be more vulnerable to catching flu this winter, because so few people caught it last year, as a result of the lockdowns and additional hygiene measures that were in place. our health correspondent naomi grimley reports. i've got together some of the country's leading medics to answer your vaccine questions... this is the latest media advert to remind us that it's notjust covid which we have to worry about thi

today we look more aher co-wner, dmiy mutov, who is the etor-in-cef of t russianewspaper novaya gazetahas lost more journalists to murder than any other russian news outlet. six of its staff members have been killed since 1993. for more we are joined by katrina vanden heuvel. she has been reporting on russia for more than 30 years. her latest, "a courageous voice for press freedom and independence in russia." condolences on the death of your father. i wanted to start by talking about this work you have been doing for 70 decades, and one of the two winners of the nobel peace prize, dmitry muratov. katrina: i and my late husband met dmitry in the basement cafeteria of a news building. they wanted to launch an independent muckraking newspaper and they had two dusts, two computers and they launched and it was a testament to their ability to survive if you are a bold creative editor, which i knew he was. what i didn't understand was how he would become an advocate for freedom of the press against all odds. you mentioned six of his journalists have been killed in the line of duty, one of the

their paper, novaya gazeta, has been highly critical of president putin and russia's ruling elite.ts investigations have exposed electoral fraud such as the stuffing of ballot boxes as well as official corruption and police violence. translation: | don't know| what effect this nobel award will have on censorship of the media here in russia, with many investigative journalists being accused of being foreign agents. maria ressa from the philippines is the other winner, a woman described by the nobel committee as fearless. she's faced criminal charges and death threats. her work has exposed state abuses under the controversial president rodrigo duturte — in particular the extrajudicial killings that have come with his deadly war on drugs. thousands of people, mostly from poor communities, have been murdered. today, maria ressa spoke of the vital importance of telling the truth. when you don't have facts, you don't have a truth, you don't have trust. trust is what holds us together to be able to solve the complex problems our world is facing today. so when you attack the media, often t