Russian President Vladimir ***** has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, his spokesman said Thursday.
A group of Russian writers led by Sergey Komkov said they had submitted the strongman’s nomination to Oslo on Sept. 10, according to the Tass news agency.
Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that ***** was not nominated by the Kremlin.
“You all know that completely different people are nominated for this award, this is an initiative of those submitting the nomination,” he said.
“In this case, [the nomination was submitted by] the aforementioned writer,” he added, referring to Komkov. “If this decision is made (to award ***** the prize), great, if not, it’s no problem as well.”
A group of Russian writers led by Sergey Komkov said they had submitted the strongman’s nomination to Oslo on Sept. 10, according to the Tass news agency.
Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that ***** was not nominated by the Kremlin.
“You all know that completely different people are nominated for this award, this is an initiative of those submitting the nomination,” he said.
“In this case, [the nomination was submitted by] the aforementioned writer,” he added, referring to Komkov. “If this decision is made (to award ***** the prize), great, if not, it’s no problem as well.”