President Dmitry Medvedev (left) and prime Minister Vladimir Putin (right) seen with retirees and veterans after their meeting at the grand Kremlin palace, November 17, 2011.17.11.2011#989986
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev handing out the Order of Service to the Fatherland, 3rd Grade, to Igor Kirillov, presenter of the First Channel air design directorate, at the award-giving ceremony in the Grand Kremlin Palace, November 17, 2011.17.11.2011#989985
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev handing out the Order of Service to the Fartherland, 4th Grade, to Sergei Kapitsa, a leading researcher of the Pyotr Kapitsa Institute for Physical Problems, at the award-giving ceremony in the Grand Kremlin Palace, November 17, 2011.17.11.2011#989963
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev handing out the Order of Service to the Fatherland, 4th Grade, to Nikolai Drozdov, the author and host of the Animal World TV program, Science and Enlightenment Television Association, at the award-giving ceremony in the Grand Kremlin Palace, November 17, 2011.17.11.2011#989962
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev handing out the Order of Service to the Fatherland, 4th Grade, to Nikolai Drozdov, the author and host of the Animal World TV program, Science and Enlightenment Television Association, at the award-giving ceremony in the Grand Kremlin Palace, November 17, 2011.17.11.2011#989961
President Dmitry Medvedev handing out the Order of Service to the Fatherland, 3rd Grade, to Anna Shatilova, presenter of the First Channel air design directorate, at the award-giving ceremony in the Grand Kremlin Palace, November 17, 2011.17.11.2011#989959
President Dmitry Medvedev handing out the Order of Service to the Fatherland, 3rd Grade, to Eduard Sagalayev, president of the profit-free National Association of Television and Radio Broadcasters, at the award-giving ceremony in the Grand Kremlin Palace, November 17, 2011.17.11.2011#989958
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev handing out the Order of Service to the Fatherland, 3rd Grade, to Anatoly Lysenko, secretariat councillor of the Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK) , at the award-giving ceremony in the Grand Kremlin Palace, November 17, 2011.17.11.2011#989957
President Dmitry Medvedev speaking at the ceremony of giving out state awards to television associates, held at the Grand Kremlin Palace, November 17, 2011.17.11.2011#989956
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev handing out the Order of Service to the Fatherland, 3rd Grade, to Mark Krivosheyev, associate of the Radio Research Institute, at the award-giving ceremony in the Grand Kremlin Palace, November 17, 2011.17.11.2011#989950
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev handing out the Order of Service to the Fatherland, 4th Grade, to Vladimir Kondratyev, analyst of the NTV Channel information department, at the award-giving ceremony in the Grand Kremlin Palace, November 17, 2011.17.11.2011#989949
President Dmitry Medvedev speaking at the ceremony of giving out state awards to television associates, held in the Grand Kremlin Palace, November 17, 2011.17.11.2011#989906