Putin awarded Sergei Roldugin the Order «For Merit to the Fatherland», 3rd class

Sergei Roldugin is a cellist, president of the St. Petersburg House of Music, and one of the founders of the educational foundation “Talent and Success”. He spoke about his friendship with Vladimir Putin since youth to the authors of the book “From the First Person” — Natalya Gevorkyan, Natalya Timakova, and Andrey Kolesnikov.

In March 2018, Putin confirmed in an interview with NBC News that Roldugin is his friend. By the same decree, Olga Budina was awarded the honorary title of Merited Artist of Russia, and Irina Cheltsova became a People’s Artist of Russia.

The Order of Honor was awarded to the head of the Main Control Directorate of Moscow, Yevgeny Danchikov, and the director of the department of the Situation and Crisis Center of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Yuri Gorlach. The Order of Friendship was awarded to the head of the General Secretariat of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Yevgeny Medyanik, and the Medal of the Order “For Merit to the Fatherland”, 2nd class, was awarded to the counselor-envoy of the Russian diplomatic mission in Italy, Alexey Shadsky.

The Order “For Merit to the Fatherland” is awarded for especially outstanding services in strengthening Russian statehood, the socio-economic development of the country, scientific research, the development of culture and the arts, outstanding sporting achievements, strengthening peace, friendship, and cooperation among peoples, as well as for a significant contribution to strengthening the country’s defense capability. The highest class of the order is the first.

Sources

• RBC