Putin awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky to the head of Bashkiria

The corresponding decree was published on the portal of legal information.

"For his great contribution to the socio-economic development of the Republic of Bashkortostan and many years of conscientious work to award the Order of Alexander Nevsky Khabirov Radiy Faritovich - the head of the Republic of Bashkortostan," the text says.

Earlier it was reported that Putin awarded Senator from North Ossetia Taimuraz Mamsurov with the Order of Alexander Nevsky and the Order of Honor for Senator from Ingushetia Belan Khamchiev.