Yan Rachinski also said that under Putin's presidency, “resisting Russia is equivalent to fascism”, a distortion that gives “ideological justification to the senseless and criminal war of aggression against Ukraine”.
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Nobel Peace Prize shared
The Nobel Peace Prize was shared between Yan Rachinski, the director of the Ukrainian NGO Center for Civil Liberties (CCL), Oleksandra Matviichuk, and human rights defender Ales Bialiatski, from Belarus (or Belarus).
The award to the three activists was understood by the international community as a clear message against the repression of Vladimir Putin and his allies in the region of Europe that is facing the consequences of the war with Ukraine.
Ukraine in the spotlight
Also awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, the director of the Ukrainian NGO Center for Civil Liberties (CCL), Oleksandra Matviichuk, assessed that peace in Ukraine cannot be achieved by “laying down arms” in the face of Vladimir Putin's Russia.
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“The people of Ukraine want peace more than anyone else in the world,” declared the director of the Center for Civil Liberties (CCL), Oleksandra Matviichuk, during the Nobel ceremony.
“But peace for an attacked country cannot be achieved by laying down arms. That would not be peace, but occupation”, he added.
Source: AFP
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