President awards employees of the channel for "Euro Vision"

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree on awarding diplomas employee "First Channel", including the Director General Konstantin Ernst. As the site of the Kremlin, they are the "active participation in the preparation and execution of the song contest" Euro-2009 Vision Award "in Moscow." Certificates of Merit awarded by the Director of Music Broadcast Yuri Aksyuta whose chief Andrei Boltenko, his deputy Roman Butovo and Deputy Mayor Valery Vinogradov. Konstantin Ernst and Yuri Aksyuta in "Euro Vision 2009" another decree the President announced gratitude "for active participation in the preparation and execution" of the competition, especially the first deputy mayor of Moscow, the head of the complex urban Pyotr Biryukov, head of traffic police capital Sergei Kazantsev, CEO Sports Complex "Olympic" Vladimir Churilin, deputy head of the Federal Customs Service Sergei Shokhin and deputy head of the Moscow Government Vladimir Shukshin. Finals of the "Euro-Vision 2009" in Moscow, the 17th live on the night of May was broadcast in 45 countries, a record number of television viewers in Europe. Thanks to last year's winner - Russian Dima Bilan - "Euro Vision" was first performed in Russia. The winner of this year's competition was the Norwegian artist from Belarus, Alexander Rybak, who performed the song Fairytale ("Fairy Tale").