The winners were announced at a special briefing by Presidential Aide Andrei Fursenko and Presidential Adviser Vladimir Tolstoy.
The award ceremony will take place on June 24.
Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order On Awarding 2019 Russian Federation National Awards in Science and Technology, Executive Order On Awarding 2019 Russian Federation National Awards in Literature and the Arts, and Executive Order On Awarding 2019 Russian Federation National Awards for Outstanding Achievements in Humanitarian Activity. The President also signed Executive Order On Certain Issues of Awarding Russian Federation National Award for Outstanding Achievements in Humanitarian Activity, which envisages that two Russian Federation National Awards for Outstanding Achievements in Humanitarian Activity will be awarded in 2020.
In December 2019, Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order On Awarding 2019 Russian Federation National Award for Outstanding Achievements in Human Rights and 2019 Russian Federation National Award for Outstanding Achievements in Charity Work.