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Putin: The Nobel Peace Prize will not shield Muratov

“If he does not break Russian law, and if he does not give a reason to be declared a foreign agent, then he will not be either,” Putin said on Wednesday.

At the same time, he warns journalists who are “trying to hide behind the Nobel Peace Prize, and” use it as a shield “to break Russian law.

Muratov, who is the editor of the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta, is awarded the prize for, among other things, his efforts for freedom of expression in Russia.

His newspaper is one of the few remaining independent media organizations that are not controlled by the state or branded as foreign agents and forced to close down.

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