While the Kremlin swiftly congratulated Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov for winning the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, Russia‘s relentless crackdown on independent media shows no sign of letting up.
A disclosure in the Pandora Papers leak of documents this week that an alleged former lover of President Vladimir Putin acquired a 3.6-million-euro ($4.2 million) apartment in Monaco has added fuel to a belief within the Kremlin that there’s a Western campaign to tarnish his image, said two people close to the government. That’s likely to intensify pressure on independent reporting outlets.
