How Vladimir Putin Became a Nobel Peace Prize Nominee
The Russian president is one of many nominated for the prize. Here's how the process works.
The Nobel Prize committee is meeting this month to consider the candidates for the peace prize—including Vladimir Putin.
Putin, who ordered 16,000 Russian soldiers to invade Ukraine in late February, is a nominee for the prize that has previously been awarded to Martin Luther King, Jr., Nelson Mandela, and Mother Theresa.
The unlikely nomination raises questions: How does someone get nominated for a peace prize? Who put forth Putin's name—and why? And could he actually win?
Nominees for some prizes, including science, medicine, and economics, are solicited from professional and academic organizations. The peace prize, however, will accept any nomination from a "qualified nominator." That could be a member of a national government, a professor of social science, or a
