The head of the Ministry of Education of Russia, Sergei Kravtsov, said that from the next academic year, silver medals will return to Russian schools. The system of gold and silver medals in 2014 was replaced by a single federal medal "For Special Achievements in Teaching" Since 2009, the presence of a gold medal has ceased to provide benefits for admission to universities.
The wording of the law "On Education", which came into force in September 2013, did not include the practice of awarding gold andSilver medals.