List of awards and honours received by Vladimir Putin

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Vladimir Putin is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who has been serving as the president of Russia since 2012, having previously served between 2000 and 2008.[1] He was the prime minister of Russia from 1999 to 2000 and again from 2008 to 2012. He has received a number of awards and honours from within Russia, from academic institutions, and from foreign politicians and countries.

Note:   Shows awards and honours that were revoked in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

State honours

Date Country Decoration Presenter Notes
7 March 2001  Vietnam Order of Ho Chi Minh[2] President Trần Đức Lương Vietnam's second-highest distinction
6 January 2004  Kazakhstan Order of the Golden Eagle[3] President Nursultan Nazarbayev Kazakhstan's highest distinction
22 September 2006  France Légion d'honneur, Grand-Croix[4] President Jacques Chirac Grand-Croix (Grand Cross) rank is the highest French decoration
6 October 2007  Tajikistan Order of Ismoili Somoni[5][6] President Emomali Rahmon Tajikistan's highest distinction
12 February 2007  Saudi Arabia Order of Abdulaziz al Saud[7] King Abdullah Saudi Arabia's highest civilian award
10 September 2007  United Arab Emirates Order of Zayed[8] Sheikh Khalifa UAE's highest civil decoration
2 April 2010  Venezuela Order of the Liberator[9] President Hugo Chávez Venezuela's highest distinction
14 March 2013  Belarus Order of the Friendship of Peoples[10] President Alexander Lukashenko
4 October 2013  Monaco Order of Saint-Charles[11] Prince Albert Monaco's highest decoration
11 July 2014  Cuba Order of José Martí[12] President Raúl Castro Cuba's highest decoration
16 October 2014  Serbia Order of the Republic of Serbia[13] President Tomislav Nikolić Grand Collar, Serbia's highest award
28 September 2017  Guinea Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit[14] President Alpha Condé
3 October 2017  Turkmenistan Order "For contribution to the development of cooperation" [ru][15] President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
24 October 2017  Cyprus Grand Collar of the Order of Makarios III[16] President Nicos Anastasiades
22 November 2017  Kyrgyzstan Order of Manas[17] President Almazbek Atambayev
8 June 2018  China Order of Friendship[18] President Xi Jinping People's Republic of China's highest order of honour
4 April 2019  Angola Order of Agostinho Neto[19] President João Lourenço
27 May 2019  Kazakhstan Order of Nazarbayev[20][21] Elbasy Nursultan Nazarbayev
8 January 2023  Republika Srpska Order of the Republika Srpska on necklace President Milorad Dodik Republika of Srpska's highest medal of honor, awarded for President Putin's “patriotic concern and love” for the Serb-controlled half of Bosnia[22]
June 18, 2024  North Korea Order of Kim Il Sung President of the State Affairs Kim Jong Un [23]

Honorary doctorates

Date University/ Institute Country Notes
2000 Turkmen State University[24] Turkmenistan
2000 Jawaharlal Nehru University[25] India
2001 Baku Slavic University[26] Azerbaijan
2001 Yerevan State University[27] Armenia
2001 Athens University[28] Greece Revoked in 2022[29]
2009 Veliko Tarnovo University[30] Bulgaria Revoked in 2022[30]
2010 Yong In University[31] South Korea
2011 University of Belgrade[32] Serbia
2018 University of Peloponnese[33] Greece Revoked in 2022[34]
2019 Tsinghua University[35] China

Other awards

Year Award Notes
2001 Olympic Order Revoked in 2022[36][37]
20 February 2006 Order of Sheikh ul-Islam A Muslim order,[38] awarded for his role in interfaith dialogue between Muslims and Christians in the region.[39]
24 March 2011 Order of Saint Sava[40] Serbian Orthodox Church's highest distinction.
15 November 2011 Confucius Peace Prize The China International Peace Research Centre awarded the Confucius Peace Prize to Putin, citing as reason Putin's opposition to NATO's Libya bombing in 2011 while also paying tribute to his decision to go to war in Chechnya in 1999.[41] According to the committee, Putin's "Iron hand and toughness revealed in this war impressed the Russians a lot, and he was regarded to be capable of bringing safety and stability to Russia".[42]
November 2013 Honorary 9th Dan Black Belt - World Taekwondo Revoked in 2022[43][44]

Recognition

Year Award/Recognition Description
19 December 2007 Time: Person of the Year "His final year as Russia's president has been his most successful yet. At home, he secured his political future. Abroad, he expanded his outsize—if not always benign—influence on global affairs."[45]
24 December 2007 Expert: Person of the Year A Russian business-oriented weekly magazine named Putin as its Person of the Year.[46]
5 October 2008 Vladimir Putin Avenue The central street of Grozny, the capital of Russia's Republic of Chechnya, was renamed from the Victory Avenue to the Vladimir Putin Avenue, as ordered by the Chechen president Ramzan Kadyrov.[47]
17 February 2011 Vladimir Putin Peak The parliament of Kyrgyzstan named a peak in Tian Shan mountains Vladimir Putin Peak.[48]

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