Gorbachev Recovering From Surgery in Munich Hospital

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev is recovering after undergoing surgery in Germany on a key artery in the neck that supplies blood to the brain, the Gorbachev Foundation said Wednesday.

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Solzhenitsyn’s Complete Works to be Published in Russia

Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s wife on Thursday presented the initial three volumes of the first full collection of his works to be published in Russia.

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Kazakhstan President Rejects Nobel Peace Prize Nomination

At the 12th session of the Assembly of Peoples of Kazakhstan (APK), one of its participants has proposed nominating Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev for the Nobel Peace Prize, Interfax quoted by BBC News reports.

The spokesman at the session suggested that the nomination of Nazarbayev’s candidacy be included in the APK’s final document.

The head of state expressed gratitude for having confidence in him, but he did not support this initiative. “We are working not for awards, but for our country’s prestige,” he said.

After the president’s statement, participants in the session omitted this proposal from the document.

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