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Posted on October 10, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
Add as preferred source on GoogleThe Kremlin supports Trump's Nobel Peace Prize nomination, citing his efforts in Ukraine. Despite backing, experts doubt his chances of winning.
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia would back U.S. President Donald Trump's candidature for the Nobel Peace Prize, state news agency TASS quoted Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov as saying on Friday.
The winner of the 2025 prize will be announced at 0900 GMT, but experienced watchers of the award say it is highly unlikely to be Trump.
Russia has said repeatedly that it is grateful for Trump's efforts to end the war in Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in remarks published on Thursday that Kyiv would nominate Trump for the Nobel, which he openly covets, if he managed to bring about a ceasefire.
(Reporting by Reuters; Writing by Gleb Stolyarov; Editing by Mark Trevelyan)
The Nobel Peace Prize is an international award given annually to individuals or organizations that have made significant contributions to peace efforts. It was established by the will of Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, in 1895.
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