Russian President Vladimir Putin has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, CBS News reports.
The nomination, which can be submitted by any one of thousands of people eligible to submit from around the world, is one pick among many others in a record year for submissions.
The submission is sure to be controversial for Russia's ongoing military action inside Ukraine's Crimea region, which has been called an “armed invasion.”
The Nobel Committee has received 278 nominations for the Peace Prize this year, making it the highest number of candidates ever, according to the official website.
The committee narrowed the list down to just 25 on Tuesday, and will eventually whittle that number down to a dozen before May, according to the CBS report.
Others in the running this year include fugitive ex-NSA contractor Edward Snowden, Pope Francis, and Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager who recovered after being shot in the head by the Taliban.
