The following individuals were awarded for merit in strengthening friendship and cooperation between peoples and successful activities on the rapprochement and mutual enrichment of cultures of nations and ethnic groups:
The Order of Friendship
John Stuart Durrant, honorary consul of the Russian Federation in the city of St John’s, citizen of Canada;
Li Hui, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to the Russian Federation;
Nikolai Simeonov Malinov, chairman of the Bulgarian National Movement of Russophiles, citizen of the Republic of Bulgaria;
Alexander Rahr, scientific director of the German-Russian Forum, citizen of the Federal Republic of Germany;
Philippe Saurel, mayor of the city of Montpellier, citizen of the French Republic;
Natalya Tatyshkina, director of the Russian School of Saint Cyril and Methodious and the Russian Cultural and Educational Centre Rodnik, Canada, citizen of the Russian Federation;
The Pushkin Medal
Alexander Repin, production director of the Anton Chekhov Pavlodar Regional Drama Theatre, Republic of Kazakhstan, citizen of the Russian Federation;
Theodora Giannitsi, director of the Greek Cultural Centre in Moscow, a citizen of the Hellenic Republic.