By the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated February 5, 2024, On awarding the state awards of the Russian Federation, for the great contribution to the development of Russian science, many years of fruitful activity and in connection with the 300th anniversary of the founding of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Alexander Konstantinovich Belyaev, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, was awarded the Medal of the Order of Merit for the Motherland of the first degree.

The Medal of the Order of Merit for the Motherland of the II degree was awarded to: Yuri Viktorovich Petrov, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and to Anton-Jiri Miroslavovich Krivtsov, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

We congratulate our esteemed colleagues on receiving the state awards and wish them further success in their scientific activities!