Order of the Friendship of Peoples (Belarus)

The Order of Friendship of Peoples is awarded to citizens: • for a significant contribution to the strengthening of peace, friendly relations and cooperation between states, the consolidation of society and the unity of peoples; • for especially fruitful activities for the convergence and mutual enrichment of national cultures; • for high achievements in international public, charitable and humanitarian activities; • for a great personal contribution to the development and multiplication of the spiritual and intellectual potential of the Republic of Belarus, active work to protect human rights and his social interests; • for special services in the development of foreign economic activity, democracy and social progress. The Order of Friendship of Peoples is worn on a neck ribbon. == Notable recipients (partial list) ==

Belarus • Pyotr Klimuk Post-USSR nations • Vladimir Putin, President of Russia • Boris Gromov, Soviet-Russian general • Yury Luzhkov, Mayor of Moscow • Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow • Valentina Matviyenko, Governor of Saint Petersburg • Gennady Zyuganov, General Secretary of the Russian Communist Party • Ramzan Kadyrov, Head of the Chechen Republic • Alla Pugacheva • Borys Paton, former head of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine • Ilýa Weljanow, Turkmen diplomat and Soviet general • Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan • Kurmanbek Bakiyev, President of Kyrgyzstan • Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan • Karim Massimov, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Other nations • Cao Gangchuan, chairman of the Central Military Commission and former Minister of National Defense of the People's Republic of China. • Hugo Chávez, President of Venezuela • René Fasel, president of the International Ice Hockey Federation. • Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, President of Egypt'''''' • Tomislav Nikolić, President of Serbia == See also ==