This, Yan #Rachinsky of #Memorial said #devalued the #memory of #Soviet soldiers who'd fought against #Hitler's #Nazis in WWII -- what he called a truly anti- fascist war. This year's other #Nobel Peace #Prize laureates are another human rights organisation -- #Ukraine's Center for Civil Liberties
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#BBCWorldService late night news:
The head of the #Russian human rights organisation that's been jointly awarded this year's #Nobel Peace #Prize - #Memorial - has denounced #Russia's war in #Ukraine as '#insane and #criminal', at the award ceremony in Norway. Yan #Rachinsky told the audience that Moscow's #propaganda sought to twist Russian citizens' #memory of their own country's #past by swapping the #concepts of #fascism and #anti- fascism.
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Here is Yan #Rachinsky who received the #Nobel Peace #Prize today for Russia's #Memorial https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63927607?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbc_live&ns_linkname=63927607%26Russian%20Nobel%20laureate%20%27told%20to%20turn%20down%20prize%27%262022-12-10T10%3A44%3A20.000Z&ns_fee=0&pinned_post_locator=urn:bbc:cps:curie:asset:56346c71-fd10-4632-80d9-a5bf865d8b35&pinned_post_asset_id=63927607&pinned_post_type=share - clip from #BBC Hardtalk interview
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The Russian co-winner of this year's #nobelpeaceprize has said Kremlin authorities told him to turn down the award.
Yan #Rachinsky, who heads Memorial, said he was told not to accept the prize because the two other co-laureates - a Ukrainian human rights organisation and jailed Belarusian rights defender - were deemed "inappropriate".
Memorial was shut down by the government last year
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63929130?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
Good morning from a frosty London - if you bear with me I will update you on the state of the frozen bush outside, but first the urgent #BBCWorldService news:
The #Russian winner of the #Nobel Peace #Prize says he was told by the authorities in #Moscow to turn down the award. Yan #Rachinsky, the head of the human rights group #Memorial, said the authorities had said the co-#laureates –
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