Dutch peace campaigner, 92, writes to Putin, gets Russian award

A 92-year-old Dutch peace campaigner has received a Russian foreign ministry award after writing to president Vladimir Putin saying he wanted to improve the relationship between Russia and the west. Albert Gietelink from Almelo was given the award by Russia’s ambassador to the Netherlands Alexander Shulgin, who told news agency Tass this is the first time a Dutchman has been given the award for ‘interaction’. Gietelink told local broadcaster RTV Oost he did not expect any reaction when he sent...