St. Petersburg Governor Alexander Beglov presented the Speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko with the honorary badge “Honor and Glory of St. Petersburg,” Smolny reported.
“Chairman of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko is celebrating her anniversary today. Governor Alexander Beglov presented her with the honorary badge “Honor and Glory of St. Petersburg.” This is the highest award awarded by the Governor of St. Petersburg,” the statement says.
Matvienko was awarded for outstanding services in the field of economics, science, education, healthcare, culture, art, contributing to the prosperity, greatness and glory of St. Petersburg in the Russian Federation and abroad.
Beglov thanked her for the large-scale projects that transformed St. Petersburg and brought it to a new level of development, for important social initiatives, support for veterans and blockade survivors.
“Today you continue to actively defend and support your native St. Petersburg, all our projects and endeavors,” the press service quotes the governor as saying.
