OREANDA-NEWS. June 09, 2009. According to tradition President of the Russian Academy of Sciences Yury Osipov and Director of the State Hermitage Museum Mikhail Piotrovsky announced at a special briefing in the Kremlin that President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev had signed the relevant executive decrees.

National Awards of the Russian Federation in science and technology will be presented to:

Iosif Atabekov - for outstanding results in viral genome studies which created new possibilities for using plant viruses in biotechnology, medicine, and the development of virus-resistant crops

Dmitry Varshalovich, Alexei Fridman and Anatoly Cherepashchuk – for fundamental discoveries in the physics of galaxies, the intergalactic medium and relativistic objects

Evgeny Kaspersky - for major advances in modern information security systems

National Awards of the Russian Federation in literature and art will be presented to:

Alexander Kolotursky and Dmitry Liss – for their outstanding contribution to the development of philharmonic activities

Anatoly Prokhorov, Salavat Shaikhinurov, Ilya Popov - for the socio-cultural programme Smeshariki (GoGoRiki) [an animated television series] designed to educate the younger generation

Marina Flit - for her outstanding contribution to the preservation of international cultural heritage and the revival of a unique monument of landscape art, the Pavlosk Palace and Park [country residence of the Russian Imperial family]

National Award of the Russian Federation for outstanding achievement in the field of humanitarian work will be presented to Valentina Tereshkova.

As per usual the ceremony for presenting the National Awards will take place on June 12, 2009, the Day of Russia.