Thus, the director of the Foreign Ministry’s Information and Press Department, Maria Zakharova, and the Russian UN Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Vasily Nebenzya, were awarded the Orders of Honor "for their great contribution to the implementation of Russia's foreign policy and many years of conscientious diplomatic service."
“For his great contribution to the development of domestic culture and art, many years of fruitful activity”, violist and conductor Yuri Bashmet was awarded the Order “For Merit to the Fatherland, II Degree”, and actor Boris Shcherbakov was awarded the Order of Honor.
It was previously reported that Putin awarded the builders of the Crimean bridge.