June 17, 2009. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, second left, President Hu Jintao of the People's Republic of China, second right, pilot of a Mil Mi-26 helicopter of the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry Anton Lebedev, right, and Director of the Russian Academy of Sciences' Institute of Far Eastern Studies and Chairman of the Russian-Chinese Friendship Society Mikhail Titarenko, left, who have received commemorative medals in connection with the 60th anniversary of bilateral diplomatic relations.