June 12, 2017. President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev following the presentation of 2016 National Awards for outstanding achievements in science and technology, literature and arts, and humanitarian activities. From left: General Director of the State Hermitage museum Mikhail Piotrovsky, ballet-master Yury Grigorovich, composer Eduard Artemyev, Deputy Director for Research and Experimental Work of the Meshalkin Siberian Federal Biomedical Research Centre under the Healthcare Ministry Yevgeny Pokushalov, Director of the Meshalkin Siberian Federal Biomedical Research Centre under the Healthcare Ministry Alexander Karaskov. From right: Head of the High Energy Astrophysics Laboratory, director of the project to support the Spectrum-Roentgen-Gamma (Spektr-RG/SRG) astrophysical laboratory at the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences Rashid Sunyaev, Surguneftegas First Deputy CEO Anatoly Nuryayev, Director of the Vishnevsky Institute of Surgery under the Healthcare Ministry Amiran Revishvili, Head of the Relativistic Astrophysics Department at the Sternberg Astronomical Institute Nikolai Shakura, Surgutneftegas CEO Vladimir Bogdanov.
