Nobel Prize

The paper pointed out that Maria Corina Machado’s odds on one of the world’s largest prediction markets, Polymarket, were at 3.7% the day before the results were announced, but skyrocketed to 31.5% within just a few minutes

Leonid Slutsky recalled that the Nobel Peace Prize is formally awarded to "the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses"

Vyacheslav Volodin added that the Nobel Peace Prize has become a tool for funding political puppets, with its resources used to support uprisings and revolutions

The Russian president noted that by making such decisions, the committee "significantly undermined the credibility of the award"

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to opposition former Venezuelan parliament member Maria Corina Machado

The US President has repeatedly said that he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize for "ending" multiple wars

At the same time, Yuri Ushakov said he was surprised at what he called the stupidity of Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky "who could lobby a Nobel Prize for Trump" if the US leader supplies Tomahawk missiles to Kiev

The article noted that the US leader, in particular, may call on other countries to refuse to purchase Norwegian gas or oil or to limit official contacts with Oslo

According to media reports, among the nominees are US President Donald Trump, Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, the World Health Organization, and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres

Swedish experts have named several favorites for 2025, including French writer, playwright, and screenwriter Marie NDiaye