Russian President Vladimir Putin appreciated the merits of compatriots

Yesterday in the Office of the President of the Russian Federation at the Crimean Federal district were presented state awards of Russia.

New knights of the Russian order of Friendship (left to right): G. Ioffe, L. Opanasyuk, K. Bakharev, O. Sergienko, M. Malyshev, P. Zaporozhets, S. Borodkin, E. Fix.

In accordance with the decree of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin of the order of Friendship awarded First Deputy Chairman of the State Council of RC Grigory Ioffe, Deputy Chairman of the State Council of RC Konstantin Bakharev, Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Crimea - head of the apparatus of the Council of Ministers Larisa Opanasyuk, members of the Presidium of the State Council of the Republic of Crimea Pyotr Zaporozhets and Efim Fix, Chairman of the Election Commission of the RC Mikhail Malyshev, the head of service of the Chairman of the State Council of RC and its deputies Oksana Sergiyenko, deputy of the State Council of RC Sergey Borodkin. In response to the high evaluation by President Vladimir Putin of merits of Crimean people from their mouth sounded friendly: “Serving Russia!”.