Putin Takes a Knee to Honor Russia’s Paralympic Heroes at State Awards Ceremony |

Описание: Russian President Vladimir Putin was seen kneeling as he awarded state honours to Paralympic Games heroes and their coaches at the Kremlin on Thursday.

Footage shows the President presenting the Order of Friendship to para-athletes Anastasia Bagiyan, Alexei Bugayev, Varvara Voronchikhina, Ivan Golubkov, and Sergei Sinyakin, as well as coaches Alexander Nazarov and Alexei Turbin.

Mentors Irina Gromova received the Order of Alexander Nevsky and Alexei Kobelev was awarded the First Degree Order 'For Merit to the Fatherland'.

Snowboarder Dmitri Fadeev, instructor Evgeny Pronashko, as well as the President, Vice President, and Secretary General of the Russian Paralympic Committee, Pavel Rozhkov, Olga Semyonova, and Andrei Strokin, also received commendations.

Nazarov conveyed greetings from the Italian people to the President and shared his impressions of the Games.

"We have such gorgeous Bosco uniforms that they almost stripped us of them [as souvenirs]. Our Russian badges were the most popular. We joked that you could exchange an Italian villa for a Russian badge," the coach remarked.

Golubkov, the Paralympic gold medallist, added that he dedicated his first gold medal to Putin and Russia. The president thanked all the athletes for their achievements at the Games.

"One of the speakers here said that being here and receiving state honours is like being in seventh heaven. You have lifted us up to seventh heaven," said Putin.

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