Russian president becomes candidate for Nobel Peace Prize

Sergey Komkov, President of the All-Russian Education Foundation, has filed a letter to the Nobel Committee to consider Russian President Vladimir Putin as a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize, Russkaya Sluzhba Novostey reports.

Komkov believes that Putin is one of the world’s recognized leader and authority whose opinion is considered by heads of all countries, civil societies and civil institutions.

Barack Obama, Andrey Sakharov, Mikhail Gorbachev and Yasser Arafat are some of the Nobel Peace Prize winners.