June 12, 2015. Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu (left) and INterior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev at the ceremony of the 2014 National Awards for science and technology, literature and the arts in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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June 12, 2015. Gennady Krasnikov, CEO, Research Institute of Molecular Electronics and Mikron Plant, at the ceremony of the 2014 National Awards for science and technology, literature and the arts in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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June 12, 2015. From right: Tamara Melnikova, Director, the Tarkhany Museum-Reserve; Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev; Speaker of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly Valentina Matviyenko at the ceremony of the 2014 National Awards for science and technology, literature and the arts in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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June 12, 2015. Tamara Melnikova, Director, the Tarkhany Museum-Reserve, at the ceremony of the 2014 National Awards for science and technology, literature and the arts in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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June 12, 2015. Film director Alexander Sokurov at the ceremony of the 2014 National Awards for science and technology, literature and the arts in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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June 12, 2015. Film director Alexander Sokurov at the ceremony of the 2014 National Awards for science and technology, literature and the arts in the Grand Kremlin Palace

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June 12, 2015. Gennady Krasnikov, CEO, Research Institute of Molecular Electronics and Mikron Plant, at the ceremony of the 2014 National Awards for science and technology, literature and the arts in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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June 12, 2015. People's Artist of the USSR Vasily Lanovoy at the ceremony of the 2014 National Awards for science and technology, literature and the arts in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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June 12, 2015. Actress Chulpan Khamatova at the ceremony of the 2014 National Awards for science and technology, literature and the arts in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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June 12, 2015. Actress and public figure Chulpan Khamatova at the ceremony of the 2014 National Awards for science and technology, literature and the arts in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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June 12, 2015. Actress Chulpan Khamatova at the ceremony of the 2014 National Awards for science and technology, literature and the arts in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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June 12, 2015. Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Valery Tishkov, Director, Miklukho-Maklay Institute of Ethnic Studies and Anthropology, at the ceremony of the 2014 National Awards for science and technology, literature and the arts in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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June 12, 2015. People's Artist of the USSR composer Alexandra Pakhmutova at the ceremony of the 2014 National Awards for science and technology, literature and the arts in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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June 12, 2015. People's Artist of the USSR composer Alexandra Pakhmutova at the ceremony of the 2014 National Awards for science and technology, literature and the arts in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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June 12, 2015. People's Artist of the USSR composer Alexandra Pakhmutova (right) at the ceremony of the 2014 National Awards for science and technology, literature and the arts in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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June 12, 2015. Film director Alexander Sokurov at the ceremony of the 2014 National Awards for science and technology, literature and the arts in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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June 12, 2015. Film director Alexander Sokurov speaks at the ceremony of the 2014 National Awards for science and technology, literature and the arts in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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June 12, 2015. Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia after the ceremony of the 2014 National Awards for science and technology, literature and the arts in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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June 12, 2015. People's Artist of the USSR composer Alexandra Pakhmutova at the ceremony of the 2014 National Awards for science and technology, literature and the arts in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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June 12, 2015. People's Artist of the USSR composer Alexandra Pakhmutova at the ceremony of the 2014 National Awards for science and technology, literature and the arts in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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June 12, 2015. People's artist of the USSR composer Alexandra Pakhmutova at the ceremony of the 2014 National Awards for science and technology, literature and the arts in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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June 12, 2015. Yevgeny Kablov, CEO, Russian Institute for Aviation Materials, at the ceremony of the 2014 National Awards for science and technology, literature and the arts in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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June 12, 2015. Yevgeny Kablov, CEO, Russian Institute for Aviation Materials, at the ceremony of the 2014 National Awards for science and technology, literature and the arts in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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June 12, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin and composer Alexandra Pakhmutova at the ceremony of the 2014 National Awards for science and technology, literature and the arts in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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June 12, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin and composer Alexandra Pakhmutova at the ceremony of the 2014 National Awards for science and technology, literature and the arts in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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June 12, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin at the ceremony of the 2014 National Awards for science and technology, literature and the arts in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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June 12, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin at the ceremony of the 2014 National Awards for science and technology, literature and the arts in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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June 12, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin and film director Alexander Sokurov at the ceremony of the 2014 National Awards for science and technology, literature and the arts in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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June 12, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin and actress and public figure Chulpan Khamatova at the ceremony of the 2014 National Awards for science and technology, literature and the arts in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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June 12, 2015. Actress and public figure Chulpan Khamatova at the ceremony of the 2014 National Awards for science and technology, literature and the arts in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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June 12, 2015. Mikhail Gorbachev, first president of the USSR, after the ceremony of the 2014 National Awards for science and technology, literature and the arts in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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June 12, 2015. Mikhail Gorbachov, First President of the USSR, at the ceremony of the 2014 National Awards for science and technology, literature and the arts in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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June 12, 2015. Mikhail Gorbachov, First President of the USSR, at the ceremony of the 2014 National Awards for science and technology, literature and the arts in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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June 12, 2015. Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu at the ceremony of the 2014 National Awards for science and technology, literature and the arts in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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June 12, 2015. From right: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev (right) at the ceremony of the 2014 National Awards for science and technology, literature and the arts in the Grand Kremlin Palace. From left: Speaker of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Sergey Naryshkin, Speaker of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly Valentina Matviyenko.

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June 12, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and Yevgeny Kablov, CEO, Russian Institute for Aviation Materials, at the ceremony of the 2014 National Awards for science and technology, literature and the arts in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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June 12, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and Gennady Krasnikov, CEO, Research Institute of Molecular Electronics and Mikron Plant, at the ceremony of the 2014 National Awards for science and technology, literature and the arts in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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June 12, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Tamara Melnikova, Director, the Tarkhany Museum-Reserve, at the ceremony of the 2014 National Awards for science and technology, literature and the arts in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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June 12, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the ceremony of the 2014 National Awards for science and technology, literature and the arts in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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June 12, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin (center) is in the Grand Kremlin Palace with winners of the 2014 National Awards for science and technology, literature and the arts.

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June 12, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) at the ceremony of the 2014 National Awards for science and technology, literature and the arts in the Grand Kremlin Palace. From left: composer Alexandra Pakhmutova; Gennady Krasnikov, CEO, Research Institute of Molecular Electronics and Mikron Plant; Yevgeny Kablov, CEO, Russian Institute for Aviation Materials; Tamara Melnikova, Director, the Tarkhany Museum-Reserve, actress Chulpan Khamatova.

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June 12, 2015. From right: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, President Vladimir Putin at the ceremony of the 2014 National Awards for science and technology, literature and the arts in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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June 12, 2015. From right: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Speaker of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly Valentina Matviyenko, Speaker of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Sergey Naryshkin, Constitutional Court Chairman Valery Zorkin, Russian Supreme Court Chairman Vyacheslav Lebedev, Procurator General Yury Chaika and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia at the ceremony of the 2014 National Awards for science and technology, literature and the arts in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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June 12, 2015. From right: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Speaker of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly Valentina Matviyenko, Speaker of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Sergey Naryshkin, Constitutional Court Chairman Valery Zorkin, Russian Supreme Court Chairman Vyacheslav Lebedev, Procurator General Yury Chaika and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia at the ceremony of the 2014 National Awards for science and technology, literature and the arts in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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June 12, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin at the ceremony to present the 2014 National Awards for science and technology, literature and the arts in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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June 12, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin and People's Artist of the USSR, composer Alexandra Pakhmutova at the ceremony to present the 2014 National Awards for science and technology, literature and the arts in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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June 12, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin at the ceremony to present the 2014 National Awards for science and technology, literature and the arts in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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June 12, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, at the ceremony to present the 2014 National Awards for science and technology, literature and the arts in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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June 12, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and director Alexander Sokurov at the ceremony to present the 2014 National Awards for science and technology, literature and the arts in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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June 12, 2015. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, center, at the ceremony to present the 2014 National Awards for science and technology, literature and the arts in the Grand Kremlin Palace. From left: Constitutional Court Chairman Valery Zorkin, Speaker of the State Duma of Russia Sergei Naryshkin, Speaker of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly Valentina Matviyenko.

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June 12, 2015. From right: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Speaker of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly Valentina Matviyenko, Speaker of the State Duma of Russia Sergei Naryshkin, Chairman of the Supreme Court of Russia Vyacheslav Lebedev, Prosecutor General Yury Chaika and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia at the ceremony to present the 2014 National Awards for science and technology, literature and the arts in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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June 12, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin and actress and social activist Chulpan Khamatova at the ceremony to present the 2014 National Awards for science and technology, literature and the arts in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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June 12, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin and People's Artist of the USSR, composer Alexandra Pakhmutova at the ceremony to present the 2014 National Awards for science and technology, literature and the arts in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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June 12, 2015. People's Artist of the USSR, composer Alexandra Pakhmutova, center, addresses the ceremony to present the 2014 National Awards for science and technology, literature and the arts in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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June 12, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, at the ceremony to present the 2014 National Awards for science and technology, literature and the arts in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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June 12, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin and actress and social activist Chulpan Khamatova at the ceremony to present the 2014 National Awards for science and technology, literature and the arts in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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June 12, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, at the ceremony to present the 2014 National Awards for science and technology, literature and the arts in the Grand Kremlin Palace.

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