INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russian journalist and Nobel Peace prize laureate Dmitry Muratov was Thursday assaulted on a train by a person who sprayed him with paint,
his newspaper Novaya Gazeta reported."An unknown assailant attacked the chief editor of Novaya Gazeta and Nobel prize winner in a train
coach," the independent publication said via Telegram."He threw oil-based paint mixed with acetone into the compartment
He shouted, 'Muratov, that's for our boys'," the paper quoted Muratov as saying, in apparent allusion to Russian casualties in the Ukraine
war.My eyes are burning terribly
I am going to try to wash it off," Muratov was quoted as saying after the attack on a train headed from Moscow to the southeastern city of
covered with a red substance.The second photo showed the train coach daubed with a substantial quantity of blood red-coloured
liquid."Muratov received first aid and took his train to go and see his mother ..
We are looking for the criminal who did it," tweeted Kirill Martinov, Muratov's former deputy editorMartinov added the attack could have
damaged Muratov's eyesight.Novaya Gazeta said last month is was suspending paper and online publications in Russia until the Ukraine
conflict ceases.Since the February 24 invasion of Ukraine, Moscow has significantly tightened control of independent media and passed
legislation providing for tough jail terms against anyone criticizing the military intervention.Also Thursday, foreign-based reporters at
the paper said they were on their own initiative launching a new edition, Novaya Gazeta Europe, in several languages under the editorship of
