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January 19 2025 Stripped of Ukrainian awards by decree of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
June 9 2022 Imposed with sanctions by Ukraine in response to his support of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and stripped of honorary doctorates from Ukrainian universities in Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Dnipro.
April 3 2022 Initiated and signed a letter from 304 Russian university rectors supporting the Russian invasion of Ukraine, calling for 'demilitarization and denazification' and expressing support for the Russian army and president.
November 14 2019 Supported an amendment approved by the State Duma Committee on Education and Science allowing unlimited reappointments of rectors for Moscow State University and Saint Petersburg State University.
April 16 2019 Awarded Order 'For Merit to the Fatherland' 1st class for outstanding contribution to the development of national education and many years of research and teaching activities
2018 Served as a member of the initiative group nominating Vladimir Putin for the presidential election and was included in Putin's list of trusted representatives.
October 2014 Organized a nationwide essay contest for Russian high school students on the topic 'The person I trust', and personally presented the best essays about Vladimir Putin to the president.
2012 Received Award of the Government of the Russian Federation
February 6 2012 Officially registered as a trusted representative of Vladimir Putin for the 2012 Russian presidential election.
2011 Received Award of the Government of the Russian Federation
November 2011 Bas-relief portrait installed in the rotunda of Moscow State University's main building, honoring his contributions as a rector.
December 2010 Published a co-authored academic article 'On the Possibilities to Forecast the Current Crisis and its Second Wave' in the journal 'Ekonomicheskaya politika', presenting a forecast of the second wave of the global financial economic crisis potentially starting in July-August 2011.

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