Putin wins the 'other' Nobel Prize

Russian president Vladimir Putin has won a Nobel prize.

Not the better-known Nobel Peace Prize handed out by the Oslo-based committee to luminaries such as last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev or ex-South African President Nelson Mandela.

Instead, Putin has won the Ludvig Nobel Prize for services to Russia - an award organized by Russian businessmen and artists which, apart from shared historical roots, has no connection to today's Nobel Peace Prize.