President Dmitry Medvedev (left) after the award-giving ceremony in the the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, March 5, 2009. From right: Oleg Yankovsky, actor of the Lenkom Theater, Irina Viner, the chief coach of the Russian calisthenics team, Leila Adamyan, deputy director of the V.I.Kulakov Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology, and Vassily Lanovoi, Yevgeny Vakhtangov Theater actor.05.03.2009#378275
President Dmitry Medvedev (left) after the award-giving ceremony in the the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, March 5, 2009. From right: Irina Viner, the chief coach of the Russian calisthenics team, Leila Adamyan, deputy director of the V.I.Kulakov Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology, and Vassily Lanovoi, Yevgeny Vakhtangov Theater actor.05.03.2009#378274
President Dmitry Medvedev (left) after the award-giving ceremony in the the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, March 5, 2009. From right: Irina Viner, the chief coach of the Russian calisthenics team, Vladimir Resin, Vice-Mayor of Moscow, Leila Adamyan, deputy director of the V.I.Kulakov Research Center of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology, and Vassily Lanovoi, Yevgeny Vakhtangov Theater actor.05.03.2009#378273
President Dmitry Medvedev at the state award-giving ceremony in the the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, March 5, 2009.05.03.2009#378272
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev presenting the Order of Courage to Private Maxim Petrov at the award-giving ceremony in the the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, March 5, 2009.05.03.2009#378243
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev presenting the Order of Merit for the Fatherland (third degree) to Vyacheslav Mikhailov, chairman of the Moscow House of War Veterans and Retired Servicemen, at the award-giving ceremony in the the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, March 5, 2009.05.03.2009#378242
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev greeting pop singer Leonid Agutin on his being honored with the Merited Artist of Russia rank at the award-giving ceremony in the the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, March 5, 2009.05.03.2009#378241
President Dmitry Medvedev presenting the Order of Friendship to Lyudmila Redko, rector of the Stavropol Teachers Institute, at the award-giving ceremony in the the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, March 5, 2009.05.03.2009#378240
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev giving the Order of Merit for the Fatherland (4th degree) to Igor Kostolevsky, Moscow Vladimir Mayakovsky Theater actor, at the award-giving ceremony in the the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, March 5, 2009.05.03.2009#378225
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev giving the Order of Merit for the Fatherland (third degree) to Vassily Lanovoi, Yevgeny Vakhtangov Theater actor, at the award-giving ceremony in the the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, March 5, 2009.05.03.2009#378224
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev giving the Order of Merit for the Fatherland (third degree) to Vassily Lanovoi, Yvegeny Vakhtangov Theater actor, at the award-giving ceremony in the the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, March 5, 2009.05.03.2009#378223
President Dmitry Medvedev giving the Order of Merit for the Fatherland (third degree) to Irina Viner, the chief coach of the Russian calisthenics team, at the award-giving ceremony in the the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, March 5, 2009.05.03.2009#378222
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev giving the Order of Merit for the Fatherland (1st degree) to Yury Temirkanov, art director of the St.Petersburg Philharmonic Society, at the award-giving ceremony in the the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, March 5, 2009.05.03.2009#378220
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev giving the Order of Merit for the Fatherland (1st degree) to Yury Temirkanov, art director of the St.Petersburg Philharmonic Society, at the award-giving ceremony in the the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, March 5, 2009.05.03.2009#378219
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev giving the Order of Merit for the Fatherland (2nd degree) to Oleg Yankovsky, Lenkom Theater actor, at the award-giving ceremony in the the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, March 5, 2009.05.03.2009#378218
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev giving the Order of Merit for the Fatherland (2nd degree) to Oleg Yankovsky, Lenkom Theater actor, at the award-giving ceremony in the the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, March 5, 2009.05.03.2009#378217
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev giving the Gold Star of the Hero of Russia to Major Aleksei Ukhvatov at the award-giving ceremony in the the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, March 5, 2009.05.03.2009#378216
March 5, 2009. President Dmitry Medvedev presenting state awards at the Kremlin's Catherine Hall.05.03.2009#378214
March 5, 2009. President Dmitry Medvedev presenting state awards at the Kremlin's Catherine Hall.05.03.2009#378213
