From left: Russian President Vladimir Putin after decorating Yevgeny Shlyakhto, Director of the Almazov Federal Center of Heart, Blood and Endocrinology, with an Order of Honor in the Yekaterininsky Hall of the Kremlin, 29 August 2012.29.08.2012#1221599
From right: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Leonid Roshal, president of the non-profit partnership "National Medical Chamber", at the ceremony of awarding prominent people of culture, scientists, servicemen and workers with state awards in the Yekaterininsky Hall of the Kremlin, 29 August 2012.29.08.2012#1221579
August 29, 2012. President Vladimir Putin, center, after presenting the Star of the Hero of Russia to cosmonauts Alexander Samokutyayev, left, and Andrei Borisenkov, right, in Catherine's Hall of the Moscow Kremlin.29.08.2012#1221567
Sculptor Alexander Burganov, Member Emeritus of the Russian Academy of Architecture, speaks after being decorated by the Russian President Vladimir Putin with an Order of Honor in the Yekaterininsky Hall of the Kremlin.29.08.2012#1221565
From left: Russian President Vladimir Putin after decorating sculptor Alexander Burganov, Member Emeritus of the Russian Academy of Architecture, with an Order of Honor in the Yekaterininsky Hall of the Kremlin, 29 August 2012.29.08.2012#1221564
Sergey Ivanov. Prediential Head of Staff, after the ceremony of decorating Hegumeness Nikolaia (Ilyina), second from right, the Abbess of Svyato-Chernoostrovsky Convent, with an Order of the Great Martyr St Catherine in the Yekaterininsky Hall of the Kremlin, 29 August 2012.29.08.2012#1221556
From left: Russian President Vladimir Putin after decorating Hegumeness Nikolaia (Ilyina), right, the Abbess of Svyato-Chernoostrovsky Convent, with an Order of the Great Martyr St Catherine in the Yekaterininsky Hall of the Kremlin, 29 August 2012.29.08.2012#1221555
From left: Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, after decorating Corporal Artyom Katunkin, left, of the Russian Interior Troops SWAT, with the Gold Star of the Hero of Russia in the Yekaterininsky Hall of the Kremlin, 29 August 2012.29.08.2012#1221553
From left: Russian President Vladimir Putin after decorating Boris Eifman, artistic director of the St Petersburg State Academic Ballet, with an Order For Merits to the Fatherland II degree in the Yekaterininsky Hall of the Kremlin, 29 August 2012.29.08.2012#1221552
Russian President Vladimir Putin decorates prominent people of culture, scientists, servicemen and workers with state awards in the Yekaterininsky Hall of the Kremlin, 29 August 2012.29.08.2012#1221551
Head of Presidential Staff Sergey Ivanov, right, at the ceremony of awarding prominent people of culture, scientists, servicemen and workers with state awards in the Yekaterininsky Hall of the Kremlin. from left: president of the Baikal University of Economics and Law Mikhail Vinokurov, awarded with an Order of Merits for the Fatherland III degree; artistic director of the St Petersburg Academic Ballet Boris Eifman, awarded with an Order of Merits for the Fatherland II degree; People's Artist of the USSR Iosif Kobzon, awarded with an Order of Merits for the Fatherland I degree; Corporal of Interior troops SWAT Artyom Katunkin, awarded with Gold Star of Hero of Russia; space test pilots Alexander Samokutyayev and Andrei Borisenkov (Star of Hero of Russia.29.08.2012#1221550
From left: Russian President Vladimir Putin awards film director Karen Shakhnazarov with an Order For Merits to the Fatherland VI degree in the Yekaterininsky Hall of the Kremlin, 29 August 2012.29.08.2012#1221549
From left: Russian President Vladimir Putin at the awarding ceremony as film director Gennady Poloka is decorated with an Order For Merits to the Fatherland VI degree in the Yekaterininsky Hall of the Kremlin, 29 August 2012.29.08.2012#1221548
August 29, 2012. President Vladimir Putin, center, background, presents state awards to people in arts, scientists, military personnel and laborers, at Catherine's Hall, Kremlin.29.08.2012#1221518
August 29, 2012. President Vladimir Putin, left, presented the Order for Service to the Fatherland, 1st Rank, to People's Artist of the USSR Iosif Kobzon, at Catherine's Hall, Kremlin.29.08.2012#1221517
August 29, 2012. President Vladimir Putin, left, presented the Gold Star of the Hero of Russia to Artyom Katunkin, warrant officer at the Special Forces unit of the Interior Ministry troops, at Catherine's Hall, Kremlin.29.08.2012#1221516
August 29, 2012. President Vladimir Putin, left, presented the Star of the Hero of Russia to cosmonaut Alexander Samokutyayev, at Catherine's Hall, Kremlin.29.08.2012#1221515
August 29, 2012. President Vladimir Putin presents state awards to people in arts, scientists, military personnel and laborers, at Catherine's Hall, Kremlin.29.08.2012#1221514
August 29, 2012. President Vladimir Putin, left, presented the Star of the Hero of Russia to cosmonaut Andrei Borisenko, at Catherine's Hall, Kremlin.29.08.2012#1221513
August 29, 2012. President Vladimir Putin, left, presents the Star of the Hero of Russia to cosmonaut Andrei Borisenko, at Catherine's Hall, Kremlin.29.08.2012#1221512
August 29, 2012. President Vladimir Putin presents state awards to people in arts, scientists, military personnel and laborers, at Catherine's Hall, Kremlin.29.08.2012#1221510