Russian President Vladimir Putin Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize
According to The Hill citing Russian media reports, President Vladimir Putin has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
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A group of Russian writers led by Sergey Komkov said that they submitted the nomination to the five-person committee in Norway earlier this year. Though, the reason for the nomination has not been given. Speaking earlier this Thursday, his spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the nomination was not made by the Kremlin (the Russian government). “You all know that completely different people are nominated for this award, this is an initiative of those submitting the nomination. In this case, [the nomination was submitted by] the aforementioned writer [Komkov]. If this decision is made [to award Putin the prize], great, if not, it’s no problem as well,” News Week quotes.
Putin, who was also nominated for the prize in 2013 now joins US President Donald Trump on this year’s list of nominees. As we previously reported, Trump was nominated by politician Christian Tybring-Gjedde for his work in brokering a deal between Israel and the UAE.
Among the contenders for this year’s prize are environmental activist Greta Thunberg and
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
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