Russian presidential spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters that the nomination did not come from the Kremlin. The Kremlin has flatly rejected the claim that Navalny was poisoned in Russia.President Trump has also been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize this year. 08:52
Russian President Vladimir Putin has been nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, the Russian state news agency TASS reported Thursday. Get Breaking News Delivered to Your Inbox
The nomination comes as one of Putin’s most prominent critics, opposition leader Alexei Navalny, is recovering from poisoning with a Soviet-era nerve agent. Vladimir Putin nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
By Christopher Brito
September 24, 2020 / 5:23 PM
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Vladimir Putin nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
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First published on September 24, 2020 / 5:23 PM Independent laboratories in Germany, France and Sweden have confirmed that he was poisoned with Novichok, a toxin that has also been used against other opponents of the regime. According to TASS, a group of Russian public figures led by writer Sergey Komkov submitted the nomination, which was sent to Oslo on September 10. “If this decision is made” — to award Putin the prize — “great, if not, it’s no problem as well,” Peskov said.
