Dmitry Muratov

Affiliated media: Novaya Gazeta, Editor-in-chief

Incident date: September 4, 2023

Attack type:

• Dismissal / involuntary dismissal / forced quitting of the profession / expulsion from the educational institution

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Novaya Gazeta Europe

Location: Russia, Moscow, Moscow

Additional information:

Dmitry Muratov is leaving his position of editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta for the duration of the trial in which he will challenge his inclusion in the register of «foreign agents». The Ministry of Justice declared Muratov a «foreign agent» on September 1, 2023. Journalist Sergey Sokolov became Novaya Gazeta’s interim acting editor-in-chief.