Russian Nobel Peace laureate Muratov says he was attacked with red paint

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

(Reuters) - The Russian co-winner of last year's Nobel Peace Prize, Dmitry Muratov, was attacked on a train with red paint on Thursday, he said, in an apparent protest at his newspaper's coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Muratov's Novaya Gazeta investigative newspaper last week announced it was suspending its online and print activities until the end of what Russia calls its "special operation" in Ukraine after a second warning from the state communications regulator.

Pictures posted by the newspaper on the Telegram messaging app showed Muratov with red paint on his head and clothes and around his sleeping compartment on a Moscow-Samara train.

"They poured oil paint with acetone all over the compartment. Eyes burning badly," the newspaper quoted Muratov as saying.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/russian-nobel-peace-laureate-muratov-184940054.html

[Make7]

1. Seems an odd choice for a target.

Didn't the newspaper he edits say they discontinued coverage of Ukraine under threat of the Russian government? And they/he were donating the Nobel Peace Prize they recently won to benefit Ukrainian refugees?

What is the red paint supposed to signify?

[Crunchy Frog]

2. He was attacked by pro-war Russians.

Of course they would attack someone who tried to speak out against it.

[Make7]

4. He might just be the reason Russia is losing the W̶a̶r̶ Special Military Operation.

I still don't get it.

Newspaper reports killed Russian soldiers? Douse him in red paint?

Not enough Ukrainian blood on his hands? Douse him in red paint?


Ya know, if those people were really Pro-War, they'd be in Ukraine killing the enemies of Russia instead of doing interior design aboard trains.

[BlueIdaho]

3. You know who likes to throw paint and dye on people?

The FSB - that’s who.