You're "Putin" me on. The Peace Prize?

Russian President Vladimir Putin has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. The former KGB agent has been recommended by an activist group because he 'actively promotes settlement of all conflicts arising on the planet'. His attempts to prevent a US air strike on Syria after suspected chemical weapons attacks on civilians was also given as a reason behind the recognition. Despite being the main supplier of weapons to Bashar Al-Assad's regime, fellow politicans have rushed to his defense, with one claiming he is 'more worthy' than Barack Obama. Activist group The International Academy of Spiritual Unity and Cooperation of Peoples of the World put his name forward but made no mention of the violent campaigns he waged against the separatists in
Chechnya or the war in Georgia.

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