December 22, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, decorates Director of the Moscow Regional Research Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology, a Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences Vladislav Krasnopolsky with the Order of Honour during the ceremony of presentation of state awards to outstanding Russians in the Kremlin.22.12.2014#2547655
December 22, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Doctor of Medical Science, a professor and a chairholder of the Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry named after A.I. Evdokimov Dmitry Pushkar, who was conferred the honourary title of a Merited Scientist of the Russian Federation, during the ceremony of presentation of state awards to outstanding Russians in the Kremlin.22.12.2014#2547654
December 22, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Director General of the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution of Science "The State Scientific Center of the Russian Federation - A.I. Burnazyan Federal Medical and Biophysical Center" Konstantin Kotenko, who was conferred the honourary title of a Merited Doctor of the Russian Federation, during the ceremony of presentation of state awards to outstanding Russians in the Kremlin.22.12.2014#2547653
December 22, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Chief Architect and a direction director of the Olympstroy state corporation Oleg Kharchenko, who was conferred the honourary title of a People's Architect of the Russian Federation, during the ceremony of presentation of state awards to outstanding Russians in the Kremlin.22.12.2014#2547652
December 22, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and scriptwriter, film director and a member of the Union of Cinematographers of the Russian Federation Viktor Merezhko, who was conferred the honourary title of a People's Artist of the Russian Federation, during the ceremony of presentation of state awards to outstanding Russians in the Kremlin.22.12.2014#2547651
December 22, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, decorates Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Regional Policy, Problems of the North and Far East Nikolay Kharitonov with the Order of Friendship during the ceremony of presentation of state awards to outstanding Russians in the Kremlin.22.12.2014#2547650
December 22, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, decorates Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Regional Policy, Problems of the North and Far East Nikolay Kharitonov with the Order of Friendship during the ceremony of presentation of state awards to outstanding Russians in the Kremlin.22.12.2014#2547649
December 22, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, decorates Rector of the Russian State Geological Prospecting University named after Sergo Ordzhonikidze Vasily Lisov with the Order of Friendship during the ceremony of presentation of state awards to outstanding Russians in the Kremlin.22.12.2014#2547648
December 22, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin decorates Vice President and department head of OJSC Sberbank of Russia Natalya Germanova with the Order of Friendship during the ceremony of presentation of state awards to outstanding Russians in the Kremlin.22.12.2014#2547647
December 22, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin decorates department head of the Federal Biomedical Agency Yulia Miroshnikova with the Order of Honour during the ceremony of presentation of state awards to outstanding Russians in the Kremlin.22.12.2014#2547646
December 22, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, decorates Chairman of the Interstate TV and Radio Company "Mir" Radik Batyrshin with the Order of Honour during the ceremony of presentation of state awards to outstanding Russians in the Kremlin.22.12.2014#2547638
December 22, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin decorates researcher of the Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution of Science of the State Scientific Center of the Russian Federation - Institute of Biomedical Problems under the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander Smoleyevsky with the Order of Courage during the ceremony of presentation of state awards to outstanding Russians in the Kremlin.22.12.2014#2547637
December 22, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin and flight instructor of the junior gliding school of the flight test and development base of OJSC Sukhoi Design Bureau Svetlana Kapanina, who was decorated with the Order of Courage, during the ceremony of presentation of state awards to outstanding Russians in the Kremlin.22.12.2014#2547635
December 22, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin decorates flight instructor of the junior gliding school of the flight test and development base of OJSC Sukhoi Design Bureau Svetlana Kapanina with the Order of Courage during the ceremony of presentation of state awards to outstanding Russians in the Kremlin.22.12.2014#2547634
December 22, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin decorates flight instructor of the junior gliding school of the flight test and development base of JSC Sukhoi Design Bureau Svetlana Kapanina with the Order of Courage during the ceremony of presentation of state awards to outstanding Russians in the Kremlin.22.12.2014#2547633
December 22, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, decorates composer Igor Krutoy with the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" 3rd Class during the ceremony of presentation of state awards to outstanding Russians in the Kremlin.22.12.2014#2547632
December 22, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, decorates Principal Conductor of the National Philharmonic of Russia, President of the Moscow International House of Music Vladimir Spivakov with the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" 4th Class during the ceremony of presentation of state awards to outstanding Russians in the Kremlin.22.12.2014#2547631
December 22, 2014. Principal Conductor of the National Philharmonic of Russia, President of the Moscow International House of Music Vladimir Spivakov after being decorated with the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" 4th Class by the Russian president during the ceremony of presentation of state awards to outstanding Russians in the Kremlin.22.12.2014#2547630
December 22, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, decorates Artistic Director of Moscow Academic Satire Theatre Alexander Schirvindt with the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" 3rd Class during the ceremony of presentation of state awards to outstanding Russians in the Kremlin.22.12.2014#2547628
December 22, 2014. Singer Alla Pugacheva is awarded the Order For Service to the Motherland (4th Class) by the Russian President during the ceremony of conferring state awards on outstanding Russians in the Kremlin.22.12.2014#2547625
December 22, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin presents singer Alla Pugacheva with the Order For Service to the Motherland (4th Class) during the ceremony of conferring state awards on outstanding Russians in the Kremlin.22.12.2014#2547624
December 22, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, decorates Chairman of the Supervision Council of State Corporation "Housing and Utility Reform Foundation" Sergey Stepashin with the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky during the ceremony of presentation of state awards to outstanding Russians in the Kremlin.22.12.2014#2547623
December 22, 2014. Director General of the State Hermitage Museum Mikhail Piotrovsky after being decorated with the Order of St. Alexander Nevsky by the Russian president during the ceremony of presentation of state awards in the Kremlin.22.12.2014#2547620
December 22, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, presents St. Petersburg State Hermitage Director-General Mikhail Piotrovsky with the Order of Alexander Nevsky during the ceremony of conferring state awards on outstanding Russians in the Kremlin.22.12.2014#2547618
December 22, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, presents Vitaly Ignatenko, first deputy chairman of the Committee for International Affairs of the Federal Assembly's Federation Council, with the Order of Alexander Nevsky during the ceremony of conferring state awards on outstanding Russians in the Kremlin.22.12.2014#2547617
December 22, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, presents Adviser to Volgograd State University Rector Maxim Zagorulko with the Order of Alexander Nevsky during the ceremony of conferring state awards on outstanding Russians in the Kremlin.22.12.2014#2547616
December 22, 2014. Gazprom's Deputy Board Chairman Alexander Medvedev who has been awarded the Order of Honor addresses the ceremony of conferring state awards on outstanding Russians in the Kremlin.22.12.2014#2547573
December 22, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, presents Vladislav Krasnopolsky, director of the Moscow Regional Research institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, with the Order of Honor during the ceremony of conferring state awards on outstanding Russians in the Kremlin.22.12.2014#2547570
December 22, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, presents Vladimir Spivakov, principal conductor of the National Philharmonic of Russia, President of the Moscow International Performing Arts Center, with the Order For Service to the Motherland (4th Class) during the ceremony of conferring state awards on outstanding Russians in the Kremlin.22.12.2014#2547568
December 22, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, presents Vladimir Spivakov, principal conductor of the National Philharmonic of Russia, President of the Moscow International Performing Arts Center, with the Order For Service to the Motherland (4th Class) during the ceremony of conferring state awards on outstanding Russians in the Kremlin.22.12.2014#2547567
December 22, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, presents Alexander Kravtsov, director of the Center for Sports Preparation of Russian National Teams, with the Order For Service to the Motherland (4th Class) during the ceremony of conferring state awards on outstanding Russians in the Kremlin.22.12.2014#2547564
December 22, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, presents Ravil Maganov, first executive vice president of LUKOIL, with the Order For Service to the Motherland (3rd Class) during the ceremony of conferring state awards on outstanding Russians in the Kremlin.22.12.2014#2547560
December 22, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, presents Vice President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Valery Kozlov with the Order For Service to the Motherland (2nd Class) during the ceremony of conferring state awards on outstanding Russians in the Kremlin.22.12.2014#2547559
December 22, 2014. Artistic Director of the Moscow Academic Satire Theatre Alexander Shirvindt who has been awarded the Order For Service to the Motherland (3rd Class) addresses the ceremony for the presentation of state awards to outstanding Russians in the Kremlin.22.12.2014#2547557
December 22, 2014. Anatoly Nazeikin, chairman of the public organization of the Russian Trade Union of Communications Workers, who has been awarded the Order For Service to the Motherland (4th Class) addresses the ceremony for the presentation of state awards to outstanding Russians by the President in the Kremlin.22.12.2014#2547553
December 22, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, presents Anatoly Nazeikin, chairman of the public organization of the Russian Trade Union of Communications Workers, with the Order For Service to the Motherland (4th Class) during the ceremony of conferring state awards on outstanding Russians in the Kremlin.22.12.2014#2547551
December 22, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, presents Alexander Kravtsov, director of the Center for Sports Preparation of Russian National Teams, with the Order For Service to the Motherland (4th Class) during the ceremony of conferring state awards on outstanding Russians in the Kremlin.22.12.2014#2547550
December 22, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, presents Marat Kambolov, deputy director at National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute," with the Order For Service to the Motherland (4th Class) during the ceremony of conferring state awards on outstanding Russians in the Kremlin.22.12.2014#2547537
December 22, 2014. Yevgeny Gusev, higher vocational education department head at Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University (RNRMU), speaks at the ceremony of conferring state awards on outstanding Russians by the President in the Kremlin.22.12.2014#2547536
December 22, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, presents Yevgeny Gusev, higher vocational education department head at Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University (RNRMU), with the Order For Service to the Motherland (3rd Class) during the ceremony of conferring state awards on outstanding Russians in the Kremlin.22.12.2014#2547535
December 22, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, presents Alexei Barchuk, department head and chief research associate at Petrov Research Institute of Oncology (St. Petersburg), with the Order For Service to the Motherland (3rd Class) during the ceremony of conferring state awards on outstanding Russians in the Kremlin.22.12.2014#2547534
December 22, 2014. From left: Russian President Vladimir Putin presents Order For Services to the Homeland Fourth Class to pop singer Alla Pugachova and other prominent Russian citizens during awards ceremony in the Kremlin.22.12.2014#2547530
December 22, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin presents singer Alla Pugacheva with the Order For Service to the Motherland (4th Class) during the ceremony of conferring state awards on outstanding Russians in the Kremlin.22.12.2014#2547529
December 22, 2014. Artistic Director of the Moscow Academic Satire Theatre Alexander Shirvindt speaks at the ceremony of conferring state awards on outstanding Russians by the President in the Kremlin.22.12.2014#2547528
December 22, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, presents Artistic Director of the Moscow Academic Satire Theatre Alexander Shirvindt with the Order For Service to the Motherland (3rd Class) during the ceremony of conferring state awards on outstanding Russians in the Kremlin.22.12.2014#2547527
December 22, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, presents Artistic Director of the Moscow Academic Satire Theatre Alexander Shirvindt with the Order For Service to the Motherland (3rd Class) during the ceremony of conferring state awards on outstanding Russians in the Kremlin.22.12.2014#2547526
December 22, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin presents composer Alexandra Pakhmutova with the Order For Service to the Motherland (3rd Class) during the ceremony of conferring state awards on outstanding Russians in the Kremlin.22.12.2014#2547525
December 22, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin presents composer Alexandra Pakhmutova with the Order For Service to the Motherland (3rd Class) during the ceremony of conferring state awards on outstanding Russians in the Kremlin.22.12.2014#2547524
December 22, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, presents composer Igor Krutoi with the Order For Service to the Motherland (3rd Class) during the ceremony of conferring state awards on outstanding Russians in the Kremlin.22.12.2014#2547523
December 22, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, confers the Hero of Russia title on Major of the Police Abubakar Kostoyev during the state awards presentation ceremony in the Kremlin.22.12.2014#2547516
December 22, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin presents Leila Adamyan, deputy director at Kulakov Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology, with the Order For Service to the Motherland (3rd Class) during the ceremony of conferring state awards on outstanding Russians in the Kremlin.22.12.2014#2547515
December 22, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin presents Leila Adamyan, deputy director at Kulakov Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Perinatology, with the Order For Service to the Motherland (3rd Class) during the ceremony of conferring state awards on outstanding Russians in the Kremlin.22.12.2014#2547514
December 22, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, presents Vice President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Valery Kozlov with the Order For Service to the Motherland (2nd Class) during the ceremony of conferring state awards on outstanding Russians in the Kremlin.22.12.2014#2547512
December 22, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, presents Lenkom Theatre actor Leonid Bronevoi with the Order For Service to the Motherland (1st Class) during the ceremony of conferring state awards on outstanding Russians in the Kremlin.22.12.2014#2547511
December 22, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, presents Lenkom Theatre actor Leonid Bronevoi with the Order For Service to the Motherland (1st Class) during the ceremony of conferring state awards on outstanding Russians in the Kremlin.22.12.2014#2547510
December 22, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, confers the Hero of Russia title on Major of the Police Abubakar Kostoyev during the state awards presentation ceremony in the Kremlin.22.12.2014#2547500
December 22, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses the ceremony of conferring state awards and honorary titles in the Kremlin.22.12.2014#2547499