Overview
- Director Nikita Mikhalkov received the Order of St. Andrew, while conductor Vladimir Spivakov, KAMAZ chief Sergey Kogogin and Transneft president Nikolay Tokarev were named Heroes of Labour.
- State media figure Tina Kandelaki was awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky and TV host Vladimir Solovyov received the Order ‘For Merit to the Fatherland’ III degree, as Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova was decorated and given a personal gift.
- New directives instruct the government to launch a nationwide School League for popular sports, finalize a comprehensive youth-sport plan, hold a national physical-education teachers’ congress, reward coaches, and equate certain Ukrainian and DNR/LNR sport honors to Russian titles.
- Bloomberg, citing a source close to the Kremlin, reports Russia will seek amendments to a 20-point US–Ukraine plan on NATO non-expansion, Ukrainian neutrality, limits on Ukraine’s forces, language rights, and sanctions relief; the Kremlin says Putin was briefed and further US contacts are expected, with no Putin–Trump call planned.
- Separately in sports, FC Dynamo Moscow confirmed Rolan Gusev as head coach through season’s end, with club leaders setting goals to climb the RPL table and continue their cup pursuit.