Vladimir Putin awarded Dmitry Medvedev with the Order of Merit for the Fatherland
Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council, was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, III degree. The corresponding decree of President Vladimir Putin of September 14 was published on the official portal of legal information.
The decree says that Dmitry Medvedev is awarded the order "for services to the state and many years of conscientious work." This is the third Order of Merit for the Fatherland that Medvedev received. In 2005, he was awarded the 2nd degree order, and in 2015 - the first.
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It is noted that on September 14, Dmitry Medvedev turned 55 years old.
The Order For Merit to the Fatherland was approved in 1994 as a state award awarded to Russian citizens for outstanding services. The order has four degrees, the highest of which is the first.
Orders of I and II degrees have a star and a sign, orders of III and IV degrees - only a sign. At the same time, the badge of the Order of Merit to the Fatherland, XNUMXst degree, is worn on a wide shoulder strap. The badge of the Order of Merit to the Fatherland, II and III degrees, is worn on the neck ribbon, while the badge of the Order of Merit to the Fatherland, IV degree, is worn in a more traditional way - on the award block on the left side of the chest.
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