The commemorative medal of the European Club (hereinafter referred to as the Medal) was issued to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Club, which was created in December 1999 at the Russian State Duma.

The Medal is awarded by the President of the European Club or the Chair of its Board personally to citizens of the Russian Federation or foreign nationals from December 21, 2009 to March 31, 2010.  

The Medal may be awarded to:

  • Members of the European Club (including honorary members of the European Club);

  • Members of the Russian State Duma, members of the Council of the Federation, members of the Russian Government, ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Russian Federation, and ambassadors of European countries who participate in the activities of the European Club.

  • Members of Parliaments of European countries (including members of the European Parliament, members of foreign governments (including members of the European Commission) participating in the events held by the European Club from December 1999 to March 2010;

  • Scientists, public activists, journalists who were actively involved in the work of the European Club for a number of years.  

The list of persons awarded with the Medal is available in Russian, English and French at P&S web site (www.ruseu.com) in its Europen Club section.

Description of the Medal

The Medal is made from a silver-coloured alloy. It has a round shape and has a diameter of 42 mm.  The Medal is 3 mm thick. The design of the Medal was created on commission from PIT fund. The medal was handstamped in December 2009 in the Urals.  The face of the Medal shows the globe with the outlined map of Europe surrounded by twelve small and one big five-point stars and the inscription “Европейскийклуб – Россия. European Club – Russia".  The reverse side of the Medal there has the inscription 1999 - 2009 www.ruseu.com, with a large five-point star above it.  The Medal is enclosed in a purple case and has a certificate of PIT fund.  The certificate reads as follows:  "This Commemorative medal is handmade (by stamping) in December 2009 on commission from the Russian European Club in the number of 100 copies".  The face side of the Certificate shows the image of the Medal and the reverse side shows the emblem of PIT fund and the year 2009.

All rights to this product belong to PIT fund, which is not entitled to award the Medal at its own discretion or produce more copies of the Medal.  Two master Medals are permanently stored by PIT fund and one by the European Club.

Russian nationals:

N
 
Name
               Position
 1.
Avtonomov, Alexei S.
Editor-in-chief of Gosudarstvo I Pravo magazine, Chief Researcher of the State and Law Institute,
Member of the European Club
 2.
Belous, Oleg N.
Director of the 1st European Department of the Russian Ministry of foreign Affairs
 3.
Burykina, Natalia V.
Member of the Russian State Duma
Member of the European Club
 4.
Buratayeva, Alexandra M.
Member of the European Club, Head of Russian Railways Press Service
 5.
Vershinina, Marina V.
Director of the International Information Centre
Board Member of the European Club
 6.
Vishnevsky, Vladimir P.
Writer
 7.
Grishankov, Mikhail I.
First Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma’s Committee  on Security
Member of the European Club
 8.
Gruzdev, Vladimir S.
Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma’s Committee for Civil, Criminal, Arbitration and Procedural Legislation
Member of the European Club
 9.
Grushko, Alexander V.
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs,  
Honorary Member of the European Club
 10.
Dynkin, Alexander A.
Academician, Director of the Institute of World Economics and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Member of the European Club
 11.
Yevdokimov, Mikhail N.
Deputy Director of the Department of European Cooperation of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
 12.
Zheleznyak, Sergei V.
Member of the Russian State Duma, Vice Chairman of the Russia-EU Parliamentary Cooperation Committee
Member of the European Club
 13.
Kistenyova, Yevgenia V.
Assistant Chairman of the European Club Board
 14.
Kosachov, Konstantin I.
Chairman of the Russian State Duma’s Committee on International Affairs
President of the European Club
 15.
Kuptsov, Valentin A.
Chairman of the Russian State Duma’s Committee for Ethnic Policy 
Member of the European Club
 16.
Lavrov, Sergei V.
Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Honorary Member of the European Club
 17.
Lyutikova, Lyudmila V.
Director of PIT fund
Board Member of the European Club
 18.
Mintusov, Igor Y.
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Nikkolo M Political Consulting Centre
 19.
Minkh, Garry V.
Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy in the Russian State Duma
Member of the European Club
 20.
Morozov, Oleg V.
First Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma 
Member of the European Club
 21.
Pligin, Vladimir N.
Chairman of the Russian State Duma’s Committee for Constitutional Legislation and State Construction
Member of the European Club
 22.
Salikhov, Khaviz M.
Member of the Russian State Duma
Member of the European Club
 23.
Seleznyov, Valery S.
Member of the Russian State Duma
Member of the European Club
 24.
Sergeyev, Valery G.
Director of T7 State Television and Radio Company (Perm)
 25.
Trushnikov, Sergei V.
Editor-in-Chief of The Zvezda newspaper(Perm)
 26.
Fomenko, Alexander V.
Executive Secretary of the European Club
 27.
Khanga, Yelena A.
Russia Today journalist
28.
Chilingarov, Arthur N.
First Deputy Chairman of the United Russia Parliamentary Group Member of the European Club
29.
Alexander Orlov
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to France.
30.
Vladimir Lukin
Human Rights Commissioner of Russia.
31.
Alexander Alekseev
Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation in Strasbourg.
32. Lihachev,Vasiliy N. Deputy Minister of Justice
33. Ivlev Gregoriy,P. hairman of the Committee on culture of the State Duma of the Russian Federation

                              Foreign nationals:

N
 
NAME
               Position
 1.
Bertelman, Tomas
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Sweden in Russia Honorary Member of the European Club
 2.
 
Gilyan, Gyorgy
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Hungary in Russia Honorary Member of the European Club
 3.
Grigoriu, Constantin
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Hungary to Russia
 4.
Grozdanov, Plamen
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Bulgaria to Russia
 5.
Keller, Ronald
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Netherlands to Russia
 6.
Klestil-Löffler, Margot
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Austria to Russia
 7.
Mennini, Antonio
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Vatican to Russia, Apostolic Nuncio
 8.
Skuja, Edgars
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Latvia to Russia
 9.
Spinellis, Mihalis
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Greece to Russia
 10.
Trouveroy, Guy
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belgium to Russia
11.
Schmid, Walter Jürgen
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Germany to Russia
12.
Edith Cresson
Ex-Prime Minister Of France
13.
Mavlut Cavusoglu
President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
14.
Adrian Severin
Member of the European Parliament
15.
Thierry Mariani
Secretary Of State for Transport
16. Ruprecht Polents Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs of Bundestag, Germany
17. Andgey Halitskiy Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs of Seym, Poland
18. Pat Cox President of the International European Movement
19. Sharl-Ferdinand  Notom Vice President of European Movement International
20. Jean de Gliniasti Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of France to Russia
21. Ishtvan Iydyarto Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Hungary to Russia