Russian president honors Paralympic medalists in Kremlin | Top Russian news and analysis online | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire: “Russian President Dmitry Medvedev met Russian medalists of the 2010 Vancouver Paralympic Games in the Moscow Kremlin on Friday to personally award them state prizes and decorations.
This is a first time Paralympic athletes will be awarded in the Kremlin in this way. On previous occasions, the president met medalists but did not present them with awards.
‘The Olympics left us with mixed feelings,’ Medvedev said. ‘Here [at the Paralympics,] the emotions were the same for everyone. You have all done very well.'”