Putin awards propagandist Margarita Simonyan

The ceremony of presenting the highest state awards of Russia took place on December 20 in Catherine's Hall of the Kremlin.

As Caliber.Az reports, citing the Russian media, Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of the Russia Today TV channel and Rossiya Segodnya MIA, was awarded the Order of Honor of the Russian Federation.

Russian President Vladimir Putin presented the award to propagandist Simonyan in the Kremlin.

So-called "Journalist", head of the WarGonzo project, disinformer Semyon Pegov was awarded the Order of Courage.