“Firstly, I would like to congratulate you on being awarded the Nobel Prize.

I would like to draw your attention to the fact that Nikolai Berdyaev, whom I mentioned, he was expelled by the Bolsheviks on the famous "philosophical steamer" in 1922, and his candidacy was repeatedly submitted to the Nobel Committee for the award of the prize.

But he was never awarded the Nobel Prize, ”Putin said.

The Russian leader added that he would give the Nobel Peace Prize for the fact that Muratov is involved in charity work.

Earlier it was reported that Novaya Gazeta editor-in-chief Dmitry Muratov and Filipino journalist Maria Ressa became Nobel Peace Prize laureates in 2021.

The prize was awarded for “efforts to protect freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace”.