From left to right: Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev presents government awards to employees of the Vera Nadezhda Lyubov television channel Alexei Dementyev, Andrei Tarasov, and Denis Makhanko for contribution to the media industry in 2019, during an award ceremony at the Reception House of the Russian Government, in Moscow, Russia.

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From left to right: Kommersant correspondents Mikhail Trofimenkov, Boris Barabanov, Kommersant observer Andrei Plakhov, head of Kommersant's culture section Sergei Khodnev, and Kommersant observer Tatyana Kuznetsova receive government awards for contribution to the media industry in 2019, during an award ceremony hosted by Russia's prime minister at the Reception House of the Russian Government, in Moscow, Russia.

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Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, left, presents a government award to the head of Gorky Media, Boris Kupriyanov, right, for contribution to the media industry in 2019, during an award ceremony at the Reception House of the Russian Government. , in Moscow, Russia.

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From left to right: Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev presents government awards to Kommersant correspondents Mikhail Trofimenkov, Boris Barabanov, Kommersant observer Andrei Plakhov, head of Kommersant's culture section Sergei Khodnev, and Kommersant observer Tatyana Kuznetsova for contribution to the media industry in 2019, during an award ceremony at the Reception House of the Russian Government, in Moscow, Russia.

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Head of Gorky Media, Boris Kupriyanov, right, receives a government award for contribution to the media industry in 2019, during an award ceremony hosted by Russia's prime minister at the Reception House of the Russian Government, in Moscow, Russia.

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Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, left, presents a government award to the director of ANO Agentstvo Sotsialnoi Informatsii, Yelena Topoleva-Soldunova, for contribution to the media industry in 2019, during an award ceremony at the Reception House of the Russian Government, in Moscow, Russia.

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Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, left, presents a government award to TV host, general director of OOO ABVGDeika, Tatyana Chernyayeva, for contribution to the media industry in 2019, during an award ceremony at the Reception House of the Russian Government, in Moscow, Russia.

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Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, left, presents a government award to Semyon Pinchuk, publisher of Russian language periodicals in Australia and New Zealand, for contribution to the media industry in 2019, during an award ceremony at the Reception House of the Russian Government, in Moscow, Russia.

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Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev speaks during the ceremony to present government awards for contribution to the media industry in 2019, at the Reception House of the Russian Government, in Moscow, Russia.

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Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev speaks during the ceremony to present government awards for contribution to the media industry in 2019, at the Reception House of the Russian Government, in Moscow, Russia.

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Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, left, presents a government award to Lyudmila Shcherbina, first secretary of the Union of Journalists of Moscow, for contribution to the media industry in 2019, during an award ceremony at the Reception House of the Russian Government, in Moscow, Russia.

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Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, left, presents a government award to indepentent journalist Alikber Abdulgamidov for contribution to the media industry in 2019, during an award ceremony at the Reception House of the Russian Government, in Moscow, Russia.

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Russia's Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, left, presents a government award to Russia's presidential special representative for international cultural cooperation Mikhail Shvydkoi for contribution to the media industry in 2019, during an award ceremony at the Reception House of the Russian Government, in Moscow, Russia.

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