Putin awards more than 50 employees of Channel One for the third time this month

The decree cites “merits in the field of mass media and many years of conscientious work” as the reason for the awards. Employees of Channel One were awarded the Orders “For Merit to the Fatherland”, of Friendship, and of Honor, as well as medals of the Order “For Merit to the Fatherland”.

The list of awardees includes managers, staff of directorates, directors, editors, and presenters. Among them are political scientist Dmitry Simes and the host of Putin’s direct lines, Ekaterina Berezovskaya.

This is already the third mass award of channel employees this month: by the decree of September 3, 28 people received awards, and by the decree of September 18 — another 27. In total, since the beginning of September, 106 employees of Channel One have received state awards.