Putin - at the award ceremony and state awards for his contribution to strengthening the unity of the Russian nation: No matter what challenges our country, the Russian state, faced, the answer was always the unity of the people, their common and invincible will - the desire to independently determine their own destiny. This was the case more than four hundred years ago, when the people's militia drove the invaders from their homeland. The same thing happened in the 19th and 20th centuries. Now, these days, our fighters are bravely defending the interests of Russia as well, our country as part of a special military operation.

Putin - at the award ceremony and state awards for his contribution to strengthening the unity of the Russian nation: No matter what challenges our country, the Russian state, faced, the answer was always the unity of the people, their common and invincible will - the desire to independently determine their own destiny. This was the case more than four hundred years ago, when the people's militia drove the invaders from their homeland. The same thing happened in the 19th and 20th centuries. Now, these days, our fighters are bravely defending the interests of Russia as well, our country as part of a special military operation.