Riko’s director Janez Škrabec received an international
acknowledgement known as “Medal of Honour” for maintenance and nursing
of economic and cultural connections between Slovenia and the Russian
Federation. The acknowledgments have been presented today at the Russian
science and art center by the Chief of the Orthodox military mission
(Mister Igor Smykov) and the coordinator of the Russian orthodox church
brotherhood Councill (Mister Yury Ageschev). All who were present at the
ceremony were welcomed and greeted by Its Excelency Mister Doku
Zavgajev, the Ambassador of the Russian Federation in Slovenia.
The
Russian medal of honour medal was established in 1999 and entered into
the state register of the Heraldry Board at the President od the Russian
Federation and is an award for extraordinary merits in the rebirth of
the Russian entrepreneurship and economy and achievements in the field
of science and research, culture and charity work. This medal has been
given to some of the most honourable individuals, representatives of
church, state, economy and culture.