Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded the highest state awards to officials and fighters in Ukraine. area Kremlin.
Prizes were awarded in particular to the head of the Constitutional Court, Valery Zorkin, as well as to the participants in the hostilities in Ukraine, Alexander Kolesov, Dmitry Rasputikov and others.
Before Putin signed Decree on the award of the Order of Merit of the Fatherland 2nd class to the conductor Valery Gergiev.
Before that, Putin considered worthy 15 workers participating in the restoration work on the Crimean bridge, which was damaged in the explosion that occurred last year.
Installers, engineers, electric welders, designers and other specialists from the Voronezh, Moscow, Kurgan and Rostov regions were awarded medals of the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, II degree.