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Russian Nobel Peace Prize winner says authorities ordered him to decline award
The Russian co-winner of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize said the country’s authorities ordered him to decline the award because his fellow co-winners were a Ukrainian human rights organization and a jailed Belarusian rights defender.  Yan Rachinsky — who leads one of Russia’s oldest civil rights groups, Memorial — told the BBC in an interview that he was told to turn down the prize because the other winners were deemed “inappropriate,” but he ignored the advice. The Russian government shut down Memorial last year, but Rachinsky said its work is still essential.  "In today's Russia, no-one's personal safety can be guaranteed," he said. "Yes, many have been killed. But we know what imp

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