The corresponding decree was published on the portal of legal information.
"For his contribution to the development of Russian statehood, the improvement of the judicial system and many years of conscientious work to award the badge of distinction" For impeccable service "L years Lebedev Vyacheslav Mikhailovich - the chairman of the Supreme Court of Russia", - the document says.
Earlier, Putin awarded the Chairman of the Accounts Chamber, Alexei Kudrin, the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, II degree.