Paul Goble, originally on Window on Eurasia

Staunton, April 26 – Tatar organizations in the Middle Volga have nominated Mustafa Dzhemilev, the longtime leader of the Crimean Tatar national movement, for the Nobel Peace Prize, a step that calls attention to Dzhemilev’s efforts to defend his land  against Russian aggression and growing ties between the Tatars of Crimea and the Tatars of the Middle Volga.