10 Facts About Musa Muradov

Musa Muradov was born on c 1958, in Grozny, Russia and is an ethnic Chechen Russian journalist.

Musa Muradov studied journalism at Moscow State University, graduating in 1982.

Musa Muradov then joined the staff of Groznensky Rabochy, a weekly newspaper in Grozny that had been established in 1917.

Musa Muradov found work for a time teaching journalism at a local university, as well as reporting for a small regional publication.

Musa Muradov himself was trapped in a basement by damage from an artillery shell, remaining there for fourteen days.

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Musa Muradov again moved with his family to Moscow to avoid the threats, and the remainder of the Groznensky Rabochy staff spread out across Russia.

Musa Muradov later stated that the strain of his reporting took a great toll on his family, nearly causing his wife and children to leave him.

Musa Muradov became a full-time correspondent for Kommersant, a Russian business daily, while continuing to contribute to the German paper Die Welt.

Musa Muradov wrote that he was confident that he could have voted more times had he not had to file his story.

In 2003, Musa Muradov was awarded the International Press Freedom Award of the Committee to Protect Journalists, "an annual recognition of courageous journalism".