Who was Andrei Sakharov?
Andrei Sakharov was a Soviet nuclear physicist, Nobel laureate, and activist for disarmament, peace, and human rights. The European Union’s top human rights award, Sakharov Prize, carries his name._x000D_
Who won the 2021 Sakharov Prize?
_x000D_Aleksei A. Navalny, the Russian oppositionist who survived an assassination attempt and is now in a Russian prison, was awarded the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021.