A day after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize with fellow human rights campaigners from Belarus and Russia, the head of the Ukrainian Center for Civil Liberties praised the work of her fellow laureates but cautioned against lumping the three together in a Cold War-like narrative.
"We don't see -- and we shouldn't see -- this prize ... as a Soviet narrative about brotherhood nations," said Oleksandra Matviychuk at a press conference on Saturday in Kyiv, Ukraine's capital. "This is a story about fighting against a common enemy."
Some Ukrainians expressed resentment for what they saw as lumping Ukraine in the same category as Russia and Belarus, whose territory Moscow has used to wage its war on Ukraine. "Despite all the merits of the laureates from Russia and Belarus, Ukrainians do not want the struggle for human rights in the three countries to be perceived equally," wrote Magazova, who has covered Ukraine for German and Ukrainian publications since 2014.
"Russia still hasn't overcome its imperial complex. This is a threat. The same as in Belarus, where Lukashenko gave up his land to occupation," said the centre's executive director, Oleksandra Romantsova.
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