The key facts
- Putin presented awards to Rosfinmonitoring employees at the celebration of the service's 25th anniversary
- Vitaly Andreev and Alexey Kardapoltsev received the Order of Honour
- Ivan Anichkin, who oversees the directorate for the DNR, LNR, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions, received the Medal for Courage, second class
Awards for the quarter-century anniversary
Russian President Vladimir Putin presented state awards to employees of Rosfinmonitoring at a ceremonial evening dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Federal Financial Monitoring Service, reports Life.ru. The President personally presented the awards to distinguished staff members.
Who received which awards
The Order of Honour was awarded to Vitaly Andreev, head of the anti-money laundering directorate, and Alexey Kardapoltsev, head of the interregional directorate for the Ural Federal District. Natalya Karakulina, deputy head of the interregional directorate for the Volga Federal District, received the Order of Merit for the Fatherland medal, first class, while Valentina Blinova, adviser in the civil service and personnel department, received the second class. A separate award went to Ivan Anichkin, head of the interregional directorate for the DNR, LNR, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions — he was presented with the Medal for Courage, second class.
Assessment of the agency's work
In his congratulatory message on the anniversary, the head of state called the service one of the key structures in Russia's economic security sphere and particularly noted the contribution of its staff to combating the laundering of criminal proceeds and cutting off channels for financing terrorist and extremist organizations — as the same outlet previously reported.
