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Nobel Peace Prize: Indigenous, women or green activists could win 2023 award

Nobel Peace Prize: Indigenous, women or green activists could win 2023 award

UKRAINIAN President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Russian dissident Alexei Navalny are among favourites for this year's Nobel Peace Prize, but experts say campaigners for women, Indigenous peoples or the environment could well steal the stage. Given past form, the Norwegian Nobel Committee is also capable of a complete surprise in the October 6 announcement. Though bookmakers have Zelenskiy as a top candidate to join the illustrious list of laureates from Nelson Mandela to Martin Luther King, Nobel specialists believe that as a wartime leader, the Ukrainian president is unlikely to be named. The imprisoned Navalny's chances are lessened because Russian dissidents won last…
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Zelenskiy ally threatens jailings after high-profile graft allegations

Zelenskiy ally threatens jailings after high-profile graft allegations

TOM BALMFORTH and OLENA HARMASH  A top ally of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said corrupt officials would be "actively" jailed, setting out a zero-tolerance approach after the most high-profile graft allegations since Russia's invasion came to light. Ukraine has a long history of corruption and shaky governance, though there have been few examples since last year's invasion as Kyiv has fought back Russian forces and received Western financial and military support. On Sunday, anti-corruption police said they had detained the deputy infrastructure minister on suspicion of receiving a $400,000 kickback to facilitate the import of generators into wartime Ukraine last September. Separately, a newspaper…
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U.S. Patriot system won’t thwart Russia’s plans for Ukraine, says Kremlin

U.S. Patriot system won’t thwart Russia’s plans for Ukraine, says Kremlin

STEVE HOLLAND and PAVEL POLITYUK U.S. supplies of advanced Patriot missile systems to Ukraine announced during Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's visit to Washington, will not help settle the conflict or prevent Russia from achieving its goals, Moscow. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that there had been no signs of readiness for peace talks during Zelenskiy's visit, proving that the United States was fighting a proxy war with Russia "to the last Ukrainian". "This is not conducive to a speedy settlement, quite the contrary," Peskov said of the Patriot system. "And this cannot prevent the Russian Federation from achieving its goals…
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Zelenskiy calls on West to warn Russia not to blow up dam

Zelenskiy calls on West to warn Russia not to blow up dam

JONATHAN LANDAY UKRAINIAN President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on the West to warn Russia not to blow up a huge dam that would flood a swath of southern Ukraine, as his forces prepare to push Moscow's troops from Kherson in one of the war's most important battles. In a television address, Zelenskiy said Russian forces had planted explosives inside the huge Nova Kakhovka dam, which holds back an enormous reservoir that dominates much of southern Ukraine, and were planning to blow it up. "Now everyone in the world must act powerfully and quickly to prevent a new Russian terrorist attack. Destroying the…
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Ukraine’s Zelenskiy tells EU: ‘Prove that you are with us’

Ukraine’s Zelenskiy tells EU: ‘Prove that you are with us’

PHILIP BLENKINSOP and INGRID MELANDER "PROVE that you are with us," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told the European Union, a day after Kyiv officially asked to join the bloc as it battles invading Russian forces.  EU lawmakers, many wearing #standwithUkraine T-shirts bearing the Ukrainian flag, others with blue-and-yellow scarves or ribbons, gave Zelenskiy a standing ovation as he addressed the European Parliament via video link. "We are fighting to be equal members of Europe," Zelenskiy said in Ukrainian in a speech translated into English by an interpreter who spoke through tears. "Do prove that you are with us. Do prove…
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