Russians and Swedes celebrate 200 years of peace

Russian diplomats have been invited for the first time to commemorate the last war between Russia and Sweden.

The Russian delegation visited the place where the final shots of the Russian-Swedish war of 1808-1809 rang out, and laid flowers on Russian soldiers’ graves.

Aleksandr Kadakin, the Russian ambassador to Sweden, said that the end of the war marked the beginning of fruitful bilateral cooperation between the two countries.