Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier awarded Prof. Dr. Hans-Wolfgang Hubberten and Prof. Dr. Michail Nikolaewitsch Grigoriev the Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in recognition of their longstanding work in the field of German-Russian cooperation.
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The ceremonial handover of the medals to the former Head of Permafrost Research Section at the Alfred Wegener Institute in Potsdam and his Siberian colleague is to take place at a joint appointment in Russia when a trip is possible again due to the pandemic.