March, 25 Minister of Cultural Affairs of Russia Vladimir Medinsky presented people of art with state awards.
The Bolshoi Ballet principal Ruslan Skvortsov has been given a title of Honoured Artist of Russia.
The Bolshoi Ballet artists Svetlana Zakharova, Kristina Kretova, Mikhail Lobukhin, Anastasia Stashkevich, Denis Medvedev, Alexander Petukhov and Anna Tikhomirova have been awarded with commemorative "XXII Winter Olympic Games and XI Winter Paralympic Games 2014 at Sochi".