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The Presidents of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon, Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, and Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov have been named laureates of the Second Leo Tolstoy International Peace Prize. This was announced by Valery Gergiev, Artistic Director of the Mariinsky and Bolshoi Theatres, and Chairman of the Prize Jury.
The awards ceremony took place in Moscow at the Radisson Collection Hotel (formerly the Hotel Ukraina). The jury's decision was unanimous.
According to the organizers, the leaders of the three countries were awarded the prize "for their significant personal contribution to strengthening peace and security in Central Asia." The Prize Foundation's press service recalled that on March 31, 2025, Rahmon, Mirziyoyev, and Japarov signed the Treaty on the Junction Point of State Borders and the Declaration of Eternal Friendship in Khujand, which marked an important step in ensuring regional stability and good-neighborliness.
"Today we honor the efforts of three Central Asian leaders. The spirit of the Tolstoy Prize extends to different parts of the world, affirming its universal significance," Gergiev noted.
The jury included international experts, including the President of the de Gaulle Foundation, Pierre de Gaulle, Argentine human rights activist Maria Victoria Alcaraz, Indian diplomat and historian Achala Moulik, Chinese writer Liu Wenfei, and others.
The Leo Tolstoy International Peace Prize Foundation was established on June 22, 2022, by the Russian Historical and Military-Historical Societies, as well as the Peace Foundation. According to its charter, the prize is awarded for outstanding achievements in countering the threat of world war, preventing nuclear catastrophe, strengthening international law, and advancing peacekeeping.
The first prize in 2024 was awarded to the African Union.
