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Giulia Heyward

In acceptance speech, Russian Nobel Peace Prize co-laureate condemns Ukraine war

Memorial chairman Yan Rachinsky condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin and the war in Ukraine in his acceptance speech on behalf of the organization Memorial in Oslo, Norway on Saturday. (Rodrigo Freitas/NTB/AFP via Getty Images)

A Russian Nobel Peace Prize co-laureate denounced President Vladimir Putin and the ongoing war with Ukraine in an acceptance speech on Saturday.

Yan Rachinsky, who accepted the prize on behalf of his organization, Memorial, one of Russia's oldest civil rights groups, lamented actions that continued to "sow death and destruction on Ukrainian soil," adding that the war was an "insane and criminal war of aggression against Ukraine."

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