# Nobel laureate Dmitry Muratov urges Trump envoys to press Putin to free Russian political prisoners

https://mins.news/en/item/66831

- Meduza, 2026-09-21 05:57 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/09/21/nobel-peace-prize-laureate-dmitry-muratov-urges-trump-envoys-steve-witkoff-and-jared-kushner-to-press-putin-to-release-russian-political-prisoners

> Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former Novaya Gazeta editor-in-chief Dmitry Muratov showed CNN viewers photos of Russian political prisoners, including Zhenya Berkovich and Alexei Gorinov. He urged U.S. politicians to seek their release and called on Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to raise the issue with Vladimir Putin, even suggesting prisoners could leave Russia on Witkoff’s plane.