Russia: Putin presents awards for outstanding human rights achievements

Russian President Vladimir Putin presented the state awards for outstanding achievements in the field of human rights activities in the Kremlin in Moscow on Monday. Lyudmila Alekseeva, a chairman of the regional public organisation the Moscow Group for the Promotion of the Implementation of the Helsinki Agreements and Vladimir Vavilov, a chairman of the board of the Regional Public Charity Foundation for Children in Republic of Tatarstan, have been both awarded for outstanding achievements in the field of