DISINFO: Nobel Peace Prize is used by the West as a media weapon against Russia
SUMMARY
The Nobel Peace Prize is used by the West as a media weapon against Russia. Not only weapons and war strategies are used in conflicts, there are also media attacks. Under this prism, one can understand why the Nobel Peace Prize 2022 was awarded to three actors contrarian to Moscow. What should be an award to people and institutions fomenting peace and dialogue has turned into a recognition of characters that openly promote wars around the world, so the award could easily be named “Nobel War Prize” or “Nobel Conflict Prize”.
The Nobel Peace Prize is neither objective nor neutral, nor it is linked to international democracy. Its interests align with those of the US imperialism. Instead of human rights work, the award is rewarding a system of US interference that includes the funding of NGOs who oppose certain governments, such as those of Vladimir Putin and Aleksandr Lukashenko.
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation about Russia as the ultimate victim of international events and NGOs as vectors for foreign-promoted colour revolutions. In this case, these narratives are a reaction against the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Russian, Belarusian and Ukrainian activists and non-governmental groups including Russian NGO Memorial, a long-term target of Kremlin repression. The same day of the award, Russian authorities seized the former offices of Memorial.
No evidence is provided to support any of the claims. Allegations that the Nobel Peace Prize is a tool for US imperialism are an attempt to deflect any criticism for Russia’s domestic repression and worsening situation of civil liberties. Russia was ranked in the position 124 out of 167 countries in the latest The Economist Democracy Index 2021 and is rated as Not Free by Freedom House.
See other examples of similar disinformation narratives, such as the claims that Memorial systematically violated Russian law discrediting the USSR and Russia, that the West is waging a hybrid war against Russia using NGOs and activists, or that Russia's liberal and pro-Western opposition groups aim to destabilise Russia.