Dresden Peace Prize to be awarded to late Russian dissident Navalny

This year's Dresden Peace Prize is to be awarded posthumously to leading Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny. His widow, Yulia Navalnaya, will receive the award on May 12 at the eastern German city's main theatre, the Staatsschauspiel, it announced on Thursday. The organizers - the Dresden Peace Prize Initiative, the Staatsschauspiel Dresden and the Ecumenical Information Centre - plan to announce more information on Monday. Navalny, a long-standing and staunch opponent of Russian President

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