RUSSIAN MOTHERS WIN ALTERNATIVE NOBEL PRIZE.

The Soldiers’ Mothers Committee of Russia yesterday was named as the winner of an alternative Nobel Prize in Stockholm. The award, worth $250,000, will be presented on December 9. The committee was honored for defending soldiers’ rights in the Russian military and for its efforts to end the war in Chechnya. (Itar-Tass, December 5)

Moscow Upbraids Norway Over Asylum Seekers.