#BBCWorldService late night news:

The head of the #Russian human rights organisation that's been jointly awarded this year's #Nobel Peace #Prize - #Memorial - has denounced #Russia's war in #Ukraine as '#insane and #criminal', at the award ceremony in Norway. Yan #Rachinsky told the audience that Moscow's #propaganda sought to twist Russian citizens' #memory of their own country's #past by swapping the #concepts of #fascism and #anti- fascism.

The Russian co-winner of this year's #nobelpeaceprize has said Kremlin authorities told him to turn down the award.

Yan #Rachinsky, who heads Memorial, said he was told not to accept the prize because the two other co-laureates - a Ukrainian human rights organisation and jailed Belarusian rights defender - were deemed "inappropriate".

Memorial was shut down by the government last year

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63929130?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

Good morning from a frosty London - if you bear with me I will update you on the state of the frozen bush outside, but first the urgent #BBCWorldService news:

The #Russian winner of the #Nobel Peace #Prize says he was told by the authorities in #Moscow to turn down the award. Yan #Rachinsky, the head of the human rights group #Memorial, said the authorities had said the co-#laureates –