Russian group calls for Putin to be awarded Nobel Peace Prize
Group of pro-regime Russians nominate president for Nobel Peace Prize, claiming his diplomatic effort in Syria makes him worthy of honor, or at least more worthy than 2009's winner – Barack Obama
A patriotic Russian group on Tuesday called for President Vladimir Putin
to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
for his Syria
diplomacy.
According to the group, Putin was more deserving of the award than 2009's laureate, United States President Barack Obama.
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A group that lists senior Russian officials among its members announced at a news conference that it had written to the Nobel prize committee backing Putin for the prize awarded to Obama in 2009.
The group says Putin deserves the honor for his efforts in brokering an agreement for Syria to hand over its chemical weapons under international control, a plan the group says helped avert a "new world war".
"The letter to the Nobel committee was sent Sept 16 and received Sept 20," said the group's leader Georgy Trapeznikov.
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