Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, and Ninel Kobzon, editor of Moskontsert, seen at the state award ceremony in the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, December 10, 2015.10.12.2015#2755135
President Vladimir Putin (left) and the signer Dmitry Malikov seen at the state award ceremony in the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, December 10, 2015.10.12.2015#2755134
President Vladimir Putin and the signer Dmitry Malikov seen at the state award ceremony in the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, December 10, 2015.10.12.2015#2755133
President Vladimir Putin and the signer/composer Yury Antonov seen at the state award ceremony in the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, December 10, 2015.10.12.2015#2755132
President Vladimir Putin (left) and the signer Dmitry Khvorostovsky seen at the state award ceremony in the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, December 10, 2015.10.12.2015#2755131
President Vladimir Putin (left) and the Russian Television Company correspondent Yevgeny Poddubny seen at the state award ceremony in the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, December 10, 2015.10.12.2015#2755130
Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, and Leo Bokeriya, director, Bakulev cardio-vascular center, seen at the state award ceremony in the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, December 10, 2015.10.12.2015#2755129
Vladimir Putin (left), President of Russia, and Zhores Alferov, Rector, St.Petersburg Academic University, seen at the state award ceremony in the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, December 10, 2015.10.12.2015#2755128
Vladimir Putin (left), President of Russia, and Zhores Alferov, Rector, St.Petersburg Academic University, seen at the state award ceremony in the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, December 10, 2015.10.12.2015#2755127
Vladimir Putin (left), President of Russia, and Oleg Tabakov, art director of the Chekhov Art Theater, seen at the state award ceremony in the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, December 10, 2015.10.12.2015#2755126
Vladimir Putin (left), President of Russia, and Oleg Tabakov, art director of the Chekhov Art Theater, seen at the state award ceremony in the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, December 10, 2015.10.12.2015#2755125
Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, and Natalia Solzhnitsyna, president of the Solzhenitsyn Fund and the writer's widow, seen at the state award ceremony in the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, December 10, 2015.10.12.2015#2755124
Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, and Natalia Solzhnitsyna, president of the Solzhenitsyn Fund and the writer's widow, seen at the state award ceremony in the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, December 10, 2015.10.12.2015#2755123
President Vladimir Putin (right) and the singers Dmitry Malikov and Dmitry Khvorostovsky seen following the state award ceremony in the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, December 10, 2015.10.12.2015#2755122
President Vladimir Putin (left) and the signer Iosif Kobzon seen following the state award ceremony in the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, December 10, 2015.10.12.2015#2755121
December 10, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and artistic director of the Moscow State Estrada Theater Gennady Khazanov at a ceremony to present state awards in the Kremlin's Catherine's Hall.10.12.2015#2755019
December 10, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and artistic director of the Moscow State Estrada Theater Gennady Khazanov at a ceremony to present state awards in the Kremlin's Catherine's Hall.10.12.2015#2755018
December 10, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and artistic director of the State Academic Maly Theater Yury Solomin at a ceremony to present state awards in the Kremlin's Catherine's Hall.10.12.2015#2755017
December 10, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and artistic director of the State Academic Maly Theater Yury Solomin at a ceremony to present state awards in the Kremlin's Catherine's Hall.10.12.2015#2755016
December 10, 2015. Film director Nikita Mikhalkov at a ceremony to present state awards in the Kremlin's Catherine's Hall.10.12.2015#2755015
December 10, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and film director Nikita Mikhalkov at a ceremony to present state awards in the Kremlin's Catherine's Hall.10.12.2015#2755014
December 10, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and film director Nikita Mikhalkov at a ceremony to present state awards in the Kremlin's Catherine's Hall.10.12.2015#2755013
December 10, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, Hero of the Russian Federation, Colonel Serik Sultangabiyev at a ceremony to present state awards in the Kremlin's Catherine's Hall.10.12.2015#2755012
December 10, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Hero of Russia, pilot and cosmonaut Sergei Ryazansky at a ceremony to present state awards in the Kremlin's Catherine's Hall.10.12.2015#2755011
December 10, 2015. . Chief Cardiologist of Russia Leo Bokeria, left, director of the Cardiovascular Surgery Research Center, academician of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, and Artistic Director of the Chekhov Moscow Art Theatre Oleg Tabakov before the state award ceremony in the Kremlin's Catherine Hall.10.12.2015#2755010
December 10, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a ceremony to present state awards in the Kremlin's Catherine's Hall.10.12.2015#2755009
December 10, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a ceremony to present state awards in the Kremlin's Catherine's Hall.10.12.2015#2755008