Russia and Ukraine flashpoint

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SecondWar said:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Nobel_Peace_Prize
This is the current list of nominations for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize. Both Trump and Musk are on there, but the reasons for both nominations seem to be directly counter to actual events. The Ukrainian MP who has nominated Trump, I can only assume it was an attempt to pander to Trump’s ego and the summary does not reflect current events.

There's barely a threshold for nominations, as long as someone is a member of a Countries Government, the ICC, Institute of International Law, International Board of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, University Professors, Professors of History, Social Sciences, Law, Philosophy, Theology, Religion, University Rectors, Directors, Directors of Peace Research, Foreign Policy Institutes, Previous Winners, Members of Board for Previous Organisation Winners, etc. Then they can nominate pretty much whoever they want to, Lol.

Theoretically, someone could nominate Putin. But the full list is not made public.

That Ukrainian MP is from Zelenskyy's party and nominated Trump in November 26, 2024 so yeah it was pretty much just trying to massage Trump's ego. When asked about his motivation for the nomination, the lawmaker said he wants to use it "as an opportunity to attract Trump's attention so that he could help Ukraine to survive."