Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Grand Kremlin Palace at the 2011 Russian National Awards in Science and Culture, 12 June 2012.12.06.2012#1152709
Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Grand Kremlin Palace at the 2011 Russian National Awards in Science and Culture, 12 June 2012.12.06.2012#1152708
Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Grand Kremlin Palace at the 2011 Russian National Awards in Science and Culture, 12 June 2012.12.06.2012#1152707
Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Grand Kremlin Palace at the 2011 Russian National Awards in Science and Culture, 12 June 2012.12.06.2012#1152688
From right: Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and Federation Council speaker Valentina matviyenko in the Grand Kremlin Palace at the 2011 Russian National Awards in Science and Culture, 12 June 2012.12.06.2012#1152687
Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Grand Kremlin Palace at the 2011 Russian National Awards in Science and Culture, 12 June 2012.12.06.2012#1152686
Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Grand Kremlin Palace at the 2011 Russian National Awards in Science and Culture, 12 June 2012.12.06.2012#1152684
Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Grand Kremlin Palace at the 2011 Russian National Awards in Science and Culture, 12 June 2012.12.06.2012#1152683
Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Grand Kremlin Palace at the 2011 Russian National Awards in Science and Culture, 12 June 2012.12.06.2012#1152682
Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Grand Kremlin Palace at the 2011 Russian National Awards in Science and Culture, 12 June 2012.12.06.2012#1152681
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, right, at a reception in the Grand Kremlin Palace on Russia Day, 12 June 2012.12.06.2012#1152598
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev at a reception in the Grand Kremlin Palace on Russia Day, 12 June 2012. Second from right is Vladimir Spivakov, president of the Moscow International House of Music.12.06.2012#1152597
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev at a reception in the Grand Kremlin Palace on Russia Day with Galina Malanicheva, chairman of the central council of the Russian Society of Preservation of Historical and Cultural Monuments, on the left, 12 June 2012.12.06.2012#1152596
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, second from left, at a reception in the Grand Kremlin Palace on Russia Day, 12 June 2012.12.06.2012#1152595
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, right, at a reception in the Grand Kremlin Palace on Russia Day, 12 June 2012.12.06.2012#1152594
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, second from left, at a reception in the Grand Kremlin Palace on Russia Day, 12 June 2012.12.06.2012#1152593
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, center, at a reception in the Grand Kremlin Palace on Russia Day, 12 June 2012.12.06.2012#1152592
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, second from right, at a reception in the Grand Kremlin Palace on Russia Day, 12 June 2012.12.06.2012#1152591
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, right, at a reception in the Kremlin on Russia Day, 12 June 2012.12.06.2012#1152590
Winners of the 2011 Russian National Awards in Science and Culture in the Grand Kremlin Palace at a reception on Russia Day.12.06.2012#1152585
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a reception in the Grand Kremlin Palace on Russia Day, 12 June 2012.12.06.2012#1152583
From left in the center: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev are photographed with winners of the 2011 Russian National Awards in Science and Culture in the Grand Kremlin Palace, 12 June 2012.12.06.2012#1152577
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, awards a 2011 State Prize in Science and Technologies to Rem Petrov, M.D., Academician of the Russian Academy of Medicine, the Russian Academy of Agriculture and the Russian Academy of Sciences, senior researcher of the State Research Center "Institute of Immunology" of the Federal Medico-Biological Agency, at the Russian National Awards ceremony in the Grand Kremlin Palace, 12 June 2012.12.06.2012#1152566
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, awards a 2011 State Prize in Science and Technologies to Rakhim Khaitov, M.D., Academician of the Russian Academy of Medicine and the Russian Academy of Sciences, for outstanding achievements in research and application of immunology, at the Russian National Awards ceremony in the Grand Kremlin Palace, 12 June 2012.12.06.2012#1152565
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, awards a 2011 State Prize in Science and Technologies to academician Valery Charushin, president of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, at the Russian National Awards ceremony in the Grand Kremlin Palace, 12 June 2012.12.06.2012#1152563
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, awards a 2011 State Prize in Science to Sergey Borev, RTI CEO, at the Russian National Awards ceremony in the Grand Kremlin Palace, 12 June 2012.12.06.2012#1152562
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, awards a 2011 State Prize in Science to Sergey Borev, RTI CEO, at the Russian National Awards ceremony in the Grand Kremlin Palace, 12 June 2012.12.06.2012#1152561
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, awards a 2011 State Prize in Literature and Arts to Oleg Dobrodeyev, CEO of the Russian State TV and Radio Company, at the Russian National Awards ceremony in the Grand Kremlin Palace, 12 June 2012.12.06.2012#1152558
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, awards a 2011 State Prize in Literature and Arts to Oleg Dobrodeyev, CEO of the Russian State TV and Radio Company, at the Russian National Awards ceremony in the Grand Kremlin Palace, 12 June 2012.12.06.2012#1152557
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, awards a 2011 State Prize in Literature and Arts to Oleg Dobrodeyev, CEO of the Russian State TV and Radio Company, at the Russian National Awards ceremony in the Grand Kremlin Palace, 12 June 2012.12.06.2012#1152556
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, awards a 2011 State Prize in Literature and Arts for a contribution in promoting cultural and scientific achievements and outstanding educational activities to Svaytoslav Belza, presenter of the State TV and Radio Company "Kultura", at the Russian National Awards ceremony in the Grand Kremlin Palace, 12 June 2012.12.06.2012#1152555
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, awards a 2011 State Prize in Literature and Arts for a contribution in promoting cultural and scientific achievements and outstanding educational activities to Svaytoslav Belza, presenter of the State TV and Radio Company "Kultura", at the Russian National Awards ceremony in the Grand Kremlin Palace, 12 June 2012.12.06.2012#1152554
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, awards a 2011 State Prize in Literature and Arts for a contribution in promoting cultural and scientific achievements and outstanding educational activities to Svaytoslav Belza, presenter of the State TV and Radio Company "Kultura", at the Russian National Awards ceremony in the Grand Kremlin Palace, 12 June 2012.12.06.2012#1152553
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, awards a 2011 State Prize in Literature and Arts to Yelena Ankudinova, director of the Vyatskoye Historical and Cultural Complex, at the Russian National Awards ceremony in the Grand Kremlin Palace, 12 June 2012.12.06.2012#1152551
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, awards a 2011 State Prize in Literature and Arts for a contribution in the preservation of the national cultural heritage to Galina Malanicheva, chairman of the central council of the Russian Society of Preservation of Historical and Cultural Monuments, at the Russian National Awards ceremony in the Grand Kremlin Palace, 12 June 2012.12.06.2012#1152550
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, awards a 2011 State Prize for outstanding achievements in the humanitarian activities to Vladimir Spivakov, president of the Moscow International House of Music, at the Russian National Awards ceremony in the Grand Kremlin Palace, 12 June 2012.12.06.2012#1152549
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the 2011 Russian National Awards in Science and Culture ceremony in the Grand Kremlin Palace, 12 June 2012.12.06.2012#1152539
Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, awards a State Prize for outstanding achievements in the humanitarian activities to Vladimir Spivakov, president of the Moscow International House of Music, at the Russian National Awards ceremony in the Grand Kremlin Palace, 12 June 2012.12.06.2012#1152538
Russian President Vladimir Putin, front, speaks in the Grand Kremlin Palace at the 2011 Russian National Awards in Science and Culture, 12 June 2012.12.06.2012#1152537
Russian President Vladimir Putin, front, speaks at the 2011 Russian National Awards in Science and Culture in the Grand Kremlin Palace, 12 June 2012.12.06.2012#1152536
From left in the foreground: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in the Grand Kremlin Palace at the 2011 Russian National Awards in Science and Culture ceremony, 12 June 2012.12.06.2012#1152535
From left in the foreground: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev at the 2011 Russian National Awards in Science and Culture ceremony in the Grand Kremlin Palace, 12 June 2012.12.06.2012#1152534
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, in the Grand Kremlin Palace at the 2011 Russian National Awards in Science and Culture, 12 June 2012.12.06.2012#1152533
Russian President Vladimir Putin at the 2011 Russian National Awards in Science and Culture in the Grand Kremlin Palace, 12 June 2012.12.06.2012#1152532
Russian President Vladimir Putin at the 2011 Russian National Awards in Science and Culture ceremony in the Grand Kremlin Palace, 12 June 2012.12.06.2012#1152531
Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Grand Kremlin Palace at the 2011 Russian National Awards in Science in Culture ceremony, 12 June 2012.12.06.2012#1152530
12 June 2012. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, second from right in the foreground, at the Russian National Awards ceremony in the Grand Kremlin Palace as Vladimir Putin awards State Prizes for outstanding achievements in science and culture.12.06.2012#1152516
12 June 2012. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, near right, at the Russian National Awards ceremony in the Grand Kremlin Palace as Vladimir Putin awards State Prizes for outstanding achievements in science and culture. From left in the foreground: State Duma Speaker Sergey Naryshkin and Speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko.12.06.2012#1152514
From left: Sergey Ivanov, head of the presidential executive office, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill and Attorney General Yury Chaika at the Russian National Awards ceremony in the Grand Kremlin Palace as Vladimir Putin awards State Prizes for outstanding achievements in science and culture.12.06.2012#1152513
12 June 2012. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, near left, at the Russian National Awards ceremony in the Grand Kremlin Palace as Vladimir Putin awards State Prizes for outstanding achievements in science and culture.12.06.2012#1152510
12 June 2012. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, right, at the Russian National Awards ceremony in the Grand Kremlin Palace as Vladimir Putin awards State Prizes for outstanding achievements in science and culture with State Duma Speaker Sergey Naryshkin, second from left, and Speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko, second from right.12.06.2012#1152509
12 June 2012. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, third from left in the foreground, at the Russian National Awards ceremony in the Grand Kremlin Palace as Vladimir Putin awards State Prizes for outstanding achievements in science and culture. From left in the foreground: State Duma Speaker Sergey Naryshkin and Speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko.12.06.2012#1152508
