Russian authorities on Friday designated Nobel Prize-winning journalist Dmitry Muratov as a “foreign agent,” a move often aimed at critics of Kremlin policies.
I’m still angry at the Nobel Prize committee for inviting Russia to this year’s ceremony and giving an ego boost to Russian imperialism.
They have rescinded the invitation now.
Iran, Belarus and Russia are no longer invited.
The decision by the Nobel Foundation to invite all ambassadors to the Nobel Prize award ceremony, in accordance with previous practice, has provoked strong reactions.
The basis for the decision is that we believe that it is important and right to reach out as widely as possible with the values and messages that the Nobel Prize stands for – for example, through last year’s clear political message with the peace prize awarded to human rights fighters from Russia and Belarus as well as to Ukrainians who work with documenting Russian war crimes.
We recognize the strong reactions in Sweden, which completely overshadowed this message. The board of the Nobel Foundation, therefore, choose to repeat last year’s exception to regular practice – that is, to not invite the ambassadors of Russia, Belarus and Iran to the Nobel Prize award ceremony in Stockholm. As before, all ambassadors will be invited to the ceremony in Oslo.
We recognize the strong reactions in Sweden, which completely overshadowed this message.
Their pandering to Putin got called out and to coverup they’re blaming people for reacting negatively. Its the “I’m sorry your feelings are hurt” non-apology
I agree, and at the same time think it was ridiculous to give Obama the Peace Prize as well
Oh, absolutely. Here’s the peace prize for droppibg bombs, killing civilians, and making the world more violent. WTF was that. and Obama accepted it, because he has zero integrity.
Every US president would have accepted it, most heads of state of any country in the world throughout history would have accepted it.
He received it 9 months into his term. Some argue that it was not for his achievements up until that point, but for the hope that it would be different than Bush’s
In that case, why didn’t they rescind it when he turned out to be as bad?
They saw what he was capable of when he bombed his fellow Nobel Peace Prize Winners, Doctors Without Borders.
The US literally murders journalists lol
Talk about hypocrisy
