But the fact that it did also shows you how important the battles we face are, right?” she said. When you’re in a battle for facts, journalism is activism.” “This is going to be what our elections are going to be like next year. Muratov, 59, said he sees the prize as an award to Novaya Gazeta journalists and contributors who were killed, including Anna Politkovskaya, who covered Russia’s bloody conflict in Chechnya.