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The BYT-Batkivschyna faction is nominating former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko for the Nobel Peace Prize, the head of the Verkhovna Rada committee on industrial and regulatory policy and entrepreneurship, MP Natalia Korolevska, has said, her press service reported on Thursday.

Korolevska stressed the importance that "the whole world adopts a position regarding the mockery of an innocent person."

"Yulia Tymoshenko is a symbol of democracy in Ukraine. And I think that the Nobel Committee and the European countries will help change the current situation. It’s very important that the whole world outlines the No.1 task for the Ukrainian authorities – the release of a wrongly convicted person, over which, in addition, they are now continuing to mock," the press service quoted Korolevska as saying.

"The merit of Yulia Tymoshenko is in the active political position that she adopted. She passed through the Maidan, launched democratic processes in the country, and was imprisoned as the opposition leader. All this makes her worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize," Korolevska said.

She added that the necessary documents had been prepared and sent to the Nobel Committee.

"We conducted the necessary negotiations and sent applications to the committee. The procedure for awarding this prize is very complex, but we are ready to undergo it," she said.

The Nobel Peace Prize is an award for achievements in the sphere of strengthening peace, which is presented annually by the Nobel Committee in Oslo.

The last two Nobel Peace Prizes were awarded to Chinese opposition activist Liu Xiaobo, who was behind bars at that time, and U.S. President Barack Obama, who was awarded the prize less than a year after he came to power.

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