The Price of Truth

An extraordinary chronicle of a man who risked everything to safeguard freedom of speech in Russia. In December 2021, Dmitry Muratov is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. He serves as editor-in-chief of Russia's sole independent newspaper, Novaya Gazeta. Six of his journalists have been murdered after their reporting displeased the state. In February 2022, Russia invades Ukraine. In early March, operating under the cover of a documentary film festival, Muratov secretly negotiates safe passage for forty journalists with the Latvian government. He then returns to Moscow to tend to his paper and its remaining staff. To this day, he refuses to leave Moscow, regardless of the pressure on him and his team. 'Putin stands for death. I stand for life.'