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Representatives of the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize laureates, from left: Yan Rachinsky, chairman of the International Memorial Board, Natalia Pinchuk, the wife of Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski and Oleksandra Matviychuk, head of the Ukraine's Center for Civil Liberties greet participants of torchlight procession from the balcony of the Grand Hotel in Oslo, Norway, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022. This year's Nobel Peace Prize was shared by jailed Belarus rights activist Ales Bialiatski, the Russian group Memorial and the Center for Civil Liberties in Ukraine. The Norwegian Nobel Committee said the laureates "have made an outstanding effort to document war crimes, human right abuses and the abuse of power. Together they demonstrate the significance of civil society for peace and democracy." The prize was seen as a strong rebuke to the authoritarian rule of Putin. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)