Russian President Vladimir Putin praised President Donald Trump’s efforts to negotiate peace deals around the world, specifically citing his work in brokering a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
“He is really doing a lot to solve such complex crises that have lasted for years or even decades,” Putin said at a summit in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, where he met leaders of countries that were once part of the former Soviet Union.
The comments came in response to a question about whether he thought Trump had been passed over for the Nobel Peace Prize.
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President Donald Trump greets Russian President Vladimir Putin at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, on August 15. On Friday, Putin praised Trump’s peace efforts, despite not winning the Nobel Peace Prize. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/The Associated Press)
The prize was presented on Friday morning to Venezuelan opposition leader and democracy activist María Corina Machado.
“There have been cases when the committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to people who did nothing for peace,” Putin said. ‘A person comes – good or bad – and [gets it] in a month, in two months – boom. For what? He didn’t do anything at all.
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The Nobel Committee announced the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on Friday. (Rodrigo Freitas/NTB Scanpix via AP)
“In my opinion, these decisions have caused enormous damage to the prestige of this award,” he continued.
In September, Trump hinted at the likelihood that he would be passed over for the Nobel Prize again, despite helping to end several conflicts.
“If this works, we’ll have eight — eight in eight months. That’s pretty good,” Trump said during remarks before dozens of top generals and admirals in Quantico, Virginia. ‘No one has ever done that. Will you get the Nobel Prize? Absolutely not.
President Donald Trump and María Corina Machado, Venezuela’s opposition leader (Reuters/Getty Images)
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“They’ll give it to someone who didn’t do anything,” he continued. “They’ll give it to the guy who wrote a book about the mind of Donald Trump and what it took to solve the wars. The Nobel Prize goes to a writer.’
