Nobel Peace laureate Muratov says war between Russia and Ukraine possible

FILE PHOTO: Nobel Peace Prize winners Dmitry Muratov and Maria Ressa attend the news conference with the Peace Prize winners, the day before the award ceremony, at the Nobel Institute in Oslo, Norway, December 9, 2021. NTB/Torstein Boe via REUTERS

OSLO (Reuters) -People in positions of power in Russia are actively promoting the idea of war, and conflict with Ukraine is now a distinct possibility, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dmitry Muratov said on Friday.

Receiving his award at Oslo City Hall, Muratov said that in Russia it was common to think that politicians who avoided bloodshed were weak, while threatening the world with war was "the duty of true patriots".