July 28, 2011. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (right) among the awardees after the ceremony presenting state awards in the Kremlin's Catherine Hall. Left: composer Oscar Feltsman and Vitaly Ignatenko, CEO of the Russian Information Telegraph Agency (ITAR-TASS).28.07.2011#938960
July 28, 2011. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (right) among the awardees after the ceremony presenting state awards in the Kremlin's Catherine Hall. Left-right: Marshal of the Soviet Union Sergei Sokolov and "Sukhoi" test pilot Sergei Bogdan.28.07.2011#938959
July 28, 2011. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (right) among the awardees after the ceremony presenting state awards in the Kremlin's Catherine Hall. Left: Artist of Moscow Academic Theatre of Satire Vera Vasilyeva.28.07.2011#938958
President Dmitry Medvedev speaking at the state prize awarding ceremony in the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, July 28, 2011.28.07.2011#938944
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev and actor Anatoly Kuznetsov, prized with the Order of Friendship, seen at the awarding ceremony in the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, July 28, 2011.28.07.2011#938943
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev and Andrei Dondukbayev, Zabaikalsky District lama, prized with the Order of Friendship, seen at the awarding ceremony in the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, July 28, 2011.28.07.2011#938942
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev and singer Diana Guretskaya, head of the Trustee Board of the Assistance Fund for Blind Children, prized with the Order of Friendship, seen at the awarding ceremony in the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, July 28, 2011.28.07.2011#938941
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev and actress Anastasia Vertinskaya, prized with the Order of Friendship, seen at the awarding ceremony in the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, July 28, 2011.28.07.2011#938940
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev giving the Order of Friendship to Andrei Dondukbayev, Zabaikalsky Region lama, in the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, July 28, 2011.28.07.2011#938939
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev and Nikolai Zyatkov , editor-in-chief of the Argumenty-i-Fakty newspaper, prized with the Order of Honor, seen at the awarding ceremony in the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, July 28, 2011.28.07.2011#938936
President Dmitry Medvedev seen at the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, giving the Order of Honor to Archbishop of Ufa and Sterlitamak Nikon Vasyukov, July 28, 2011.28.07.2011#938935
President Dmitry Medvedev seen at the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, giving the Order of Honor to Alexandra Permyak, the art director of the Pyatnitsky Russian Folk Choir, July 28, 2011.28.07.2011#938934
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev seen at the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, giving the Order of Alexander Nevsky to Marshal of the Soviet Union Sergei Sokolov, July 28, 2011.28.07.2011#938933
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev and Shafagat Takhautdinov, Tatneft Oil Company Director-General, prized with the Merit for the Motherland, Third Grade, seen at the awarding ceremony in the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, July 28, 2011.28.07.2011#938932
President Dmitry Medvedev seen at the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, giving the Order of Alexander Nevsky to Marshal of the Soviet Union Sergei Sokolov, July 28, 2011.28.07.2011#938931
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev and Duma Vice-Speaker Vladimir Zhirinovsky, prized with the Order of Merit for the Motherland, Third Grade, seen at the awarding ceremony in the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, July 28, 2011.28.07.2011#938927
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev and Mikhail Kovalchuk, director of the Kurchatov Nuclear Research Center, prized with the Order of Merit for the Motherland, Third Grade, seen at the awarding ceremony in the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, July 28, 2011.28.07.2011#938926
President Dmitry Medvedev seen at the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, giving the Order of Merit to the Motherland, Third Grade, to the Satire Theater actress Vera Vasilyeva, July 28, 2011.28.07.2011#938924
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev seen at the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, giving the Order of Merit to the Motherland, Third Grade, to the composer Oscar Feltsman, July 28, 2011.28.07.2011#938923
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev seen at the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, giving the Order of Merit to the Motherland, Third Grade, to the composer Oscar Feltsman, July 28, 2011.28.07.2011#938922
President Dmitry Medvedev seen at the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, giving the Order of Merit to the Motherland, Third Grade, to the Satire Theater actress Vera Vasilyeva, July 28, 2011.28.07.2011#938921
President Dmitry Medvedev seen at the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, giving the Order of Merit for the Motherland, Second Degree, to Vitaly Ignatenko, director-general of the ITAR-TASS information agency, July 28, 2011.28.07.2011#938905
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev and Sergei Bogdan, test pilot of the Sukhoi Aircraft Center, prized with the Gold Star of the Hero of Russia, seen at the awarding ceremony in the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, July 28, 2011.28.07.2011#938904
President Dmitry Medvedev seen speaking at the state prize awarding ceremony in the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, July 28, 2011.28.07.2011#938903
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev and Vitaly Ignatenko, director-general of the ITAR-TASS information agency, prized with the Order of Merit for the Motherland, seen at the awarding ceremony in the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, July 28, 2011.28.07.2011#938902
