Vladimir Putin, winner of the 2011 Confucius Peace Prize
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- On one extreme are the “Eastern divorced” countries of the former Soviet bloc, which nowadays are for the most part hostile to Moscow (Estonia, Lithuania, Poland, Latvia, the Czech Republic and Slovakia).
- On the other are the “loyal wives”, which maintain good relations with Russia (Italy, Austria and Greece).
- In between are the “vigilant critics” (Romania, Slovenia, Sweden, Bulgaria, Hungary and the United Kingdom)
- and the larger group, the “acquiescent partners” (Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain).
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The committee’s decision to award the literature prize to the major Chinese writer Mo Yan this week also ferried politics into the Nobel fray, if only because it marks the first time that Beijing has acknowledged that a Chinese citizen had won the prize.John Cusack wins 2012 Nobel Peace Prize yhoo.it/UPDoT0
— John Cusack (@JohnCusackNews) October 12, 2012