Prominent russian editor who criticize the kremlin s war on ukraine. dimitri muratov, editor of the independent russian newspaper novaya gazeta was about to travel to train when an assailant mixed him attacked him with a mixture of red paint and acetone, leaving his eyes with a chemical burn. u.s. intelligence has concluded that the incident was the work of russian intelligence, according to his official he spoke on the condition of anonymity under rosette by the biden administration. the official did not give any detail about how the officials had come to make the assessment, citing the need to protect sources. the officials said in a statement, quote, the united states can confirm that russian intelligence orchestrated the april 7th attack on novaya gazeta s editor in chief, dmitry murátov, in which he was smashed with red paint containing acetone. so, they are making the official who is confirming that finding stay anonymous, under biden administration rules, which itself is tensio
Biden administration. the official did not give any detail about how the officials had come to make the assessment, citing the need to protect sources. the officials said in a statement, quote, the united states can confirm that russian intelligence orchestrated the april 7th attack on novaya gazeta s editor in chief, dmitry murátov, in which he was smashed with red paint containing acetone. so, they are making the official who is confirming that finding stay anonymous, under biden administration rules, which itself is tension with the press. right? but the biden administration is also making that assessment public, saying that they know enough to be able to blame russian intelligence for doing this. this was not some vigilante attack on the editor. this was putin s government going after this journalist. the current nobel peace laureate. they are blaming russia for its overtly, saying it s u.s. intelligence who knows what they did, they are letting
Detail about how u.s. intelligence had come to make that assessment citing the need to protect sources and methods. the official said in a statement, quote, the united states can confirm that russian intelligence orchestrated the april 7th attack on novaya gazeta s editor in chief dmitry muratov, in which he was splashed with red paint containing acetone. so they are making the official who is confirming this finding stay anonymous, under biden administration rules, which is the biden administration is also making that assessment public, saying they know enough to be able to blame russian intelligence for this, and this is not some kind of vigilante attack on the editor. this was putin s government of the current nobel peace laureate. they re blaming russia for it overtly, saying this u.s. intelligence who knows what they did, they re letting russia know they knew what they did by telling our own press about it.