June 12, 2017. President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev with winenrs of the 2016 National Awards for outstanding achievements in science and technology, literature and arts, and humanitarian activities. Fourth left: Rashid Sunyaev, a full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Science in Physics and Mathematics, 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.
