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Chairman of the AEB Executive Board Mr. Reiner Hartmann has been awarded the Pushkin medal

PRESS-RELEASE

June 22, 2010

Moscow

By order of the President of the Russian Federation No. 622 from May 23, 2010, the Chairman of the AEB Executive Board Mr. Reiner Hartmann has been awarded the Pushkin medal

The Association of European Businesses is proud to announce that Mr. Reiner Hartmann, Chairman of the AEB Executive Board has been awarded the Pushkin medal for his outstanding contribution to strengthening bilateral cultural ties, preservation and popularisation of Russian culture abroad.

By order of the President of the Russian Federation, this medal was given to Mr. Reiner Hartmann by the first Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Andrei Denisov in a ceremony on the 21^st of June 2010.

The Pushkin medal is awarded to citizens who have excelled in the area of culture, enlightenment, humanitarian sciences, literature and art. This award recognises their contribution to the study and preservation of cultural inheritance with the aim of uniting and mutual enrichment of nations and peoples.