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  • Russian dissidents Alexei Navalny, the World Health Organization on climate campaigner Greta Timberg are among those nominated for this year's Nobel Peace Prize.

  • They are all backed by Norwegian lawmakers, who have a track record of picking the winner.

  • Timberg was named as one of the foremost spokespeople in the fight against the climate crisis.

  • Navalny was nominated by Russian academics on noted for his democratic efforts in the country.

  • The battle against co vid 19 is also front and center, with a nomination for the W.

  • H O on the Garvey Vaccine Alliance.

  • Henrik Hurdle is the director of the Peace Research Institute in Oslo.

  • I mean, if if the committee would would want toward the price for a global collaboration to fight a sort of a major global threat, I wouldn't have a problem with.

  • But then, in my view that would perhaps extend the domain of the price will be beyond what what I think is is Thea at least off the commonly accepted right now.

  • Norwegian lawmakers have nominated the eventual laureate every year since 2014, with the exception of 2019, though thousands of people from members of parliament's worldwide to former winners are eligible to propose candidates on other nominees include former U.

  • S President Donald Trump, NATO and the U.

  • N refugee agency.

  • The Norwegian Nobel Committee decides who wins the award on Does Not comment on nominations, which close on Sunday.

  • The 2021 laureate will be announced in October.

Russian dissidents Alexei Navalny, the World Health Organization on climate campaigner Greta Timberg are among those nominated for this year's Nobel Peace Prize.

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