The President signed Executive Order on bestowing the badge of merit For Mentorship on the following persons for their contribution to the professional development of young professionals as well as for their active mentorship efforts:
Nikolai Varukhin, director of the state regional institution for supplementary education Captain Nikolai Varukhin’s Marine Centre, Novgorod Region
Gennady Kotelnikov, rector of Samara State Medical University
Anatoly Shalyto, chief research associate of Computer Technology Department at St Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics (ITMO University)