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  1. Kriszta Satori @[email protected] ·
    CW: BBC news on Nobel Peace Prize reception speeches 2

    This, Yan #Rachinsky of #Memorial said #devalued the #memory of #Soviet soldiers who'd fought against #Hitler's #Nazis in WWII -- what he called a truly anti- fascist war. This year's other #Nobel Peace #Prize laureates are another human rights organisation -- #Ukraine's Center for Civil Liberties

    #rachinsky #memorial #devalued #memory #soviet #hitler
  2. Kriszta Satori @[email protected] ·
    CW: BBC news on Nobel Peace Prize reception speeches 1

    #BBCWorldService late night news:

    The head of the #Russian human rights organisation that's been jointly awarded this year's #Nobel Peace #Prize - #Memorial - has denounced #Russia's war in #Ukraine as '#insane and #criminal', at the award ceremony in Norway. Yan #Rachinsky told the audience that Moscow's #propaganda sought to twist Russian citizens' #memory of their own country's #past by swapping the #concepts of #fascism and #anti- fascism.

    #bbcworldservice #russian #nobel #prize #memorial #russia
  3. Kriszta Satori @[email protected] ·

    Here is Yan #Rachinsky who received the #Nobel Peace #Prize today for Russia's #Memorial bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63 - clip from #BBC Hardtalk interview

    #rachinsky #nobel #prize #memorial #bbc
  4. PrivacyDigest @[email protected] ·

    The Russian co-winner of this year's #nobelpeaceprize has said Kremlin authorities told him to turn down the award.

    Yan #Rachinsky, who heads Memorial, said he was told not to accept the prize because the two other co-laureates - a Ukrainian human rights organisation and jailed Belarusian rights defender - were deemed "inappropriate".

    Memorial was shut down by the government last year

    bbc.com/news/world-europe-6392

    #rachinsky #nobelpeaceprize
  5. Kriszta Satori @[email protected] ·
    CW: Moscow warns Memorial not to accept Nobel Peace Prize 1

    Good morning from a frosty London - if you bear with me I will update you on the state of the frozen bush outside, but first the urgent #BBCWorldService news:

    The #Russian winner of the #Nobel Peace #Prize says he was told by the authorities in #Moscow to turn down the award. Yan #Rachinsky, the head of the human rights group #Memorial, said the authorities had said the co-#laureates –

    #bbcworldservice #russian #nobel #prize #moscow #rachinsky