SHOTLIST

DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN (OCTOBER 10, 2025) (USERS MUST CREDIT “KREMLIN PRESS OFFICE” HANDOUT, MUST NOT OBSCURE LOGO —EDITORIAL USE ONLY)

1. RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN WALKING TO LECTERN IN PRESS CONFERENCE ROOM
2. JOURNALISTS LISTENING TO PUTIN

3. (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN, SAYING:

"Whether or not the current President of the United States deserves the Nobel Prize, I don’t know. But he is really doing a lot to try to resolve such complex crises that have lasted for years, even decades. As I’ve said before, I know for sure with regard to the crisis in Ukraine — he is sincerely trying. Some things have been achieved, some have not. Maybe we will still be able to accomplish much more based on agreements and discussions in Anchorage. But one thing is certain — he is definitely making an effort, he is definitely working on these issues, issues of achieving peace and resolving complicated international situations.”

4. WHITE FLASH

5. (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN, SAYING:

“The most vivid example is the situation in the Middle East. If he manages to bring to completion everything Donald has been striving for, everything he talked about and is trying to achieve — well, that would be a historic event. It would simply be a historic event.”

6. WHITE FLASH

7. (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN, SAYING:

“And if you noticed, I spoke yesterday with the Prime Minister of Iraq, who currently chairs the Arab League. We agreed to even postpone our meeting between Russia and the Arab League. And I did that — it was my initiative — precisely because I don’t want to interfere with the process that we hope is now on track and ongoing, by the way, thanks to the initiative and direct involvement of Trump in the Middle East. Now, isn’t that an achievement? It is an achievement.”

8. WHITE FLASH

9. (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN, SAYING:

“But again, it’s not up to me to decide whether that deserves the Nobel Prize, or whether such achievements are worthy of that prize."

10. FEMALE JOURNALIST ASKING QUESTION

11. PUTIN COMPLETING PRESS CONFERENCE, LEAVING

DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN (OCTOBER 10, 2025) (USERS MUST CREDIT “KREMLIN PRESS OFFICE” HANDOUT, MUST NOT OBSCURE LOGO —EDITORIAL USE ONLY) US President Donald Trump is doing "a lot" to resolve complex crises around the world, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday, following the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to a Venezuelan opposition leader, even though several countries recommended Trump's name for the award.

During a press conference in the Tajik capital Dushanbe, following a three-day visit to the Central Asian nation that began late Wednesday, Putin commented on the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize, saying it is not up to him to decide who receives the award.
“There have been cases where the committee has awarded the Nobel Peace Prize to people who have done nothing for peace,” Putin said, arguing that he thinks these decisions have done “enormous damage” to the award’s prestige.

He said that the Nobel Committee has consequently lost its "authority” and refrained from responding to whether Trump deserved the award.

“​​But he really does a lot to resolve such complex crises that last for years, even decades,” the Russian president further said, highlighting the situation in Gaza and arguing that it will be a “historic event” if Trump’s 20-point plan for the enclave is implemented.

Regarding Ukraine, Putin reaffirmed his belief that Trump is "sincerely striving" to end the three-and-a-half-year war in the country.
Earlier in the day, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado.