>There’ve been cases when the Nobel committee awarded the prize to people who’ve done nothing for peace,” Putin said, without naming names. “That’s damaged the prize’s prestige.
>While he demurred when asked whether he felt Trump deserved the prize, the Russian president — who is currently waging a bloody, years-long war in Ukraine and is wanted by the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes — said Trump “is really doing a lot to solve crises that have lasted years, in some cases decades.”
>Trump “sincerely is aiming for peace” in Ukraine, Putin said, adding “the most striking example” of his peacemaking credentials “is the situation in the Middle East.”
What is his game here?
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https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-deserved-the-nobel-prize-says-vladimir-putin/