Vladimir Putin Has Been Nominated For The Nobel Peace Prize
Vladimir Putin has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
The leader was put forward by a group of Russian writers led by Sergey Komkov, according to Russian news agency TASS.
They submitted the application in Oslo on September 10, putting him alongside Donald Trump in the list of potential candidates for the prestigious award.
A presidential spokesman said Putin, who was also nominated in 2013, was not put forward by the Kremlin.
The favourite to win this year's Peace Prize is the World Health Organisation, with New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Greta Thunberg also fancied.
Vladimir Putin has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by a group of Russian writers
Donald Trump was nominated by Christian Tybring-Gjedde, an ultra-conservative member of the Norwegian Parliament
Nominations can be submitted by anyone who meets the Nobel Committee's criteria, which includes lawmakers anywhere in the world, kynghidongduong.vn professors and academic groups.
Trump was nominated by Christian Tybring-Gjedde, an ultra-conservative member of the Norwegian Parliament, who praised Trump for brokering a deal between the UAE and tour phượng hoàng cổ trấn Israel.
Reality star Gemma Collins was put forward by two YouTube pranksters, tour trương gia giới who have started up The Romford Research Institute For Peace to make themselves qualify to have the power to nominate.
Greta Thunberg is hotly tipped for the prestigious award for her work in raising awareness of the climate crisis
Reality star Gemma Collins was put forward by two YouTube pranksters, who have started up The Romford Research Institute For Peace to make themselves qualify to have the power to nominate
It comes as it was also revealed on Thursday that winners of the Nobel prizes will receive an extra 1 million Swedish krona ($110,000) this year.
The head of the foundation which oversees the awards said the prize money will increase to 10 million crowns this year ($1.1 million), daily Dagens Industri reported.
Lars Heikensten said: 'The decision has been made due to the fact that our costs and capital are in a stable relation in a completely different way than previously.'
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Dynamite inventor Alfred Nobel left around 31 million crowns - about 1.8 billion crowns in today's money according to the Foundation - to fund the prizes, which have been awarded since 1901.
The prize amount has varied over time, starting at 150,000 crowns and reaching 1 million crowns in 1981.
The value rose sharply in the 1980s and 1990s, jumping to 9 million crowns in 2000 and 10 million a year later.
Winners of the Nobel prizes will receive an extra 1 million Swedish krona (£86,000) for claiming the prestigious award (pictured)
Dynamite inventor Alfred Nobel left around 31 million crowns - about 1.8 billion crowns in today's money according to the Foundation - to fund the prizes
<div class="art-ins mol-factbox floatRHS news" data-version="2" id="mol-721aa6d0-fe66-11ea-9320-99c8ecb61c0e" website Prize winners will each receive $1.1million this year