Russian President Vladimir Putin has awarded Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev with the Order for Service to the Fatherland, according to a decree published on the government's official documents website.
Medvedev has been decorated “for outstanding service to the state, [and] a great contribution to the social and economic development of the Russia Federation,” according to the decree, published Wednesday.
The decree was signed on Sept. 14, but published a month later, according to the government website.
Medvedev, 50, celebrated his birthday on Sept. 14.
