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The widow of late Russian dissident Alexei Navalny accepted the Dresden Peace Prize on his behalf on Sunday. The posthumous award honored the opposition politician’s pro-democracy work.

Archived version: https://archive.ph/6fQVx

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[–] stmcld@lemmy.ml 0 points 4 months ago (2 children)

This racist fuck that called Muslims cockraoches got a peace prize? What the fuck. The peace prize really means nothing

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Obama got a peace prize too somehow

[–] stmcld@lemmy.ml 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The US president who murdered so many muslims with drone strikes? I'm not surprised.

Looks like you have to be xenophobic, a murderer, a racist, or a combination of all three to win a peace prize nowadays

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 2 points 4 months ago

That's the one

[–] Draedron@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

He didnt get the prize for his statements against muslims but for his work against Putin.

[–] stmcld@lemmy.ml -3 points 4 months ago

Yes, him being a US/nato puppet makes him even more nauseating.