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Russian journalist sells Nobel Prize for Ukrainian children

A worker holds Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov's 23-karat gold medal of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize before being auctioned at the Times Center, Monday, June 20, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez) A worker holds Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov's 23-karat gold medal of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize before being auctioned at the Times Center, Monday, June 20, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez) A worker holds Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov's 23-karat gold medal of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize before being auctioned at the Times Center, Monday, June 20, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez) Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov's 23-karat gold medal of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize is displayed before being auctioned at the Times Center, Monday, June 20, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez) Nobel Peace Prize winner Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of the influential Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, looks at his 23-karat gold medal as he poses for a picture next to it before the medal is auctioned at the Times Center, Monday, June 20, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez) Nobel Peace Prize winner Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of the influential Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, arrives to attend the auction for his 23-karat gold medal at the Times Center, Monday, June 20, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez) Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of the influential Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, celebrates after auctioning off his 2021 23-karat gold medal Nobel Peace Prize at the Times Center, Monday, June 20, 2022, in New York. The Nobel Peace Prize that Muratov auctioned off to raise money for Ukrainian child refugees sold Monday night for $103.5 million, shattering the old record for a Nobel. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez) Nobel Peace Prize winner Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of the influential Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, poses for a picture next to his 23-karat gold medal before it is auctioned at the Times Center, Monday, June 20, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez) A worker holds Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov's 23-karat gold medal of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize before being auctioned at the Times Center, Monday, June 20, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez) A worker holds Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov's 23-karat gold medal of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize before being auctioned at the Times Center, Monday, June 20, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez) A worker holds Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov's 23-karat gold medal of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize before being auctioned at the Times Center, Monday, June 20, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez) Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov's 23-karat gold medal of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize is displayed before being auctioned at the Times Center, Monday, June 20, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez) Nobel Peace Prize winner Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of the influential Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, looks at his 23-karat gold medal as he poses for a picture next to it before the medal is auctioned at the Times Center, Monday, June 20, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez) Nobel Peace Prize winner Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of the influential Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, arrives to attend the auction for his 23-karat gold medal at the Times Center, Monday, June 20, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez) Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of the influential Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, celebrates after auctioning off his 2021 23-karat gold medal Nobel Peace Prize at the Times Center, Monday, June 20, 2022, in New York. The Nobel Peace Prize that Muratov auctioned off to raise money for Ukrainian child refugees sold Monday night for $103.5 million, shattering the old record for a Nobel. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez) Nobel Peace Prize winner Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of the influential Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, poses for a picture next to his 23-karat gold medal before it is auctioned at the Times Center, Monday, June 20, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez) A worker holds Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov's 23-karat gold medal of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize before being auctioned at the Times Center, Monday, June 20, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez) A worker holds Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov's 23-karat gold medal of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize before being auctioned at the Times Center, Monday, June 20, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez) A worker holds Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov's 23-karat gold medal of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize before being auctioned at the Times Center, Monday, June 20, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez) Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov's 23-karat gold medal of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize is displayed before being auctioned at the Times Center, Monday, June 20, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez) Nobel Peace Prize winner Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of the influential Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, looks at his 23-karat gold medal as he poses for a picture next to it before the medal is auctioned at the Times Center, Monday, June 20, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez) Nobel Peace Prize winner Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of the influential Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, arrives to attend the auction for his 23-karat gold medal at the Times Center, Monday, June 20, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez) Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of the influential Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, celebrates after auctioning off his 2021 23-karat gold medal Nobel Peace Prize at the Times Center, Monday, June 20, 2022, in New York. The Nobel Peace Prize that Muratov auctioned off to raise money for Ukrainian child refugees sold Monday night for $103.5 million, shattering the old record for a Nobel. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez) Nobel Peace Prize winner Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of the influential Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, poses for a picture next to his 23-karat gold medal before it is auctioned at the Times Center, Monday, June 20, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez) FILE - Nobel Peace Prize winner Dmitri A. Muratov, the former editor-in-chief of the Moscow newspaper "Novaya Gazeta," pauses on Jan. 21, 2009, in Berlin. Muratov has offered his Nobel medal at auction by Heritage Auctions, with proceeds to go to UNICEF's efforts to help children who have fled the war in Ukraine. (Photo by Rainer Jensen/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images, File) FILE — Bidder Ole Bjorn Fausa, of Norway, holds the 1936 Nobel Peace Prize medal in Baltimore, March 27, 2014, the second Nobel Peace Prize ever to come to auction. The Nobel Peace Prize, won last October by Russian journalist Dmitri A. Muratov, will be offered at auction, Monday, June 20, 2022, with proceeds going to help children displaced by the war in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
Russian journalist sells Nobel Prize for Ukrainian children