May 6, Russian President Dmitri Medvedev presented state awards and certificates of conferment of honorary titles. The ceremony was traditionally held in the St. Catherine Room of the Kremlin.
The head f state started with expressing gratitude to Great Patriotic War veterans.
Mintimer Shaimiev, the State Counsellor of the Republic of Tatarstan, was awarded the Order for Services to the Fatherland 3rd degree for the big contribution to the social and economic development of the republic and many-year conscientious work.
The Presidential Edict conferring the Order for Services to the Fatherland 3rd degree to Mintimer Shaimiev was signed on February 6, 2010.