Czech MEP bestowed with Russian state honours

Czech Communist MEP Jiří Maštálka, the vice-chair of the Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee, was bestowed with Russian state honours by the country’s President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin website informed on Tuesday. The Order of Friendship, established in 1994, is a state decoration of the Russian Federation given to foreign nationals whose work, deeds and efforts are aimed at the improvement of relations with the Russian Federation and its people.