Vladimir Putin thinks Sepp Blatter deserves a Nobel Prize
If anyone deserves a Nobel Prize, it's embattled FIFA president Sepp Blatter. At least that's what Russian President Vladimir Putin thinks.
"I think people like Mr. Blatter or the heads of big international sporting federations, or the Olympic Games, deserve special recognition," Putin reportedly said in an interview that Swiss public broadcaster RTS aired Monday, Reuters reports. "If there is anyone who deserves the Nobel Prize, it's those people."
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