Russian President presents Friendship Order to rector of Lomonosov Moscow State University's Baku branch (UPDATE-2)

2011.06.20 18:33

The details were added after the first paragraph (the first version was posted at 5:47 p.m.)
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev presented the Friendship Order to the rector of the Baku branch of Lomonosov Moscow State University Nargiz Pashayeva, ITAR-TASS reported.
The Friendship Order was also presented to the president and chief executive director of the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia Andrew Somers (US), a member of the Gazprom board of directors Burckhard Bergmann (Germany), chairman of the "Charity Fund of Prince Dimitri Romanov" Dimitri Romanov (Denmark), chairman of the commission on culture, education and youth affairs of the National Assembly of Vietnam Dao Trong Thi, as well as the president and chief executive director of the company "Japan Tobacco International" Pierre de Labouchere (France).
The Order of Merit was presented to the president of the Mongol Friendship Societies Union for CIS Zhugderdemijdijin Gurragcha.
O ther three winners received the Pushkin Medal. The dancer Sonia Amelio (Mexico), the correspondent of "Voice of Russia" radio Igor Goykovich (Serbia) and Professor of Philosophy at the Lebanese State University Souheil Farah are among them.