Donald Trump deserved the Nobel prize, says … Vladimir Putin  – POLITICO

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Donald Trump is “doing a lot” for world peace, and hit out at the Nobel committee after it declined to award its top prize to the American leader.

The Norwegian body gave its famed peace prize to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado on Friday in a snub to Trump, who has openly and vociferously campaigned for the accolade.

The announcement drew a rebuke from Putin, who defended his U.S. counterpart and told reporters Friday during a visit to Tajikistan that the committee’s “credibility has largely been lost.”