putin awards emir kusturica with order of friendship 27 october 2016 tass kusturica has been given many awards for his activities. facebook putin , serbia , award 




russian president vladimir putin has awarded a number of cultural workers with orders and medals, one of them being serbian movie director emir kusturica. the related decree was published on the official legal information website on thursday. 




"emir kusturica, director of the rasta international production company, citizen of the republic of serbia, is being awarded with the order of friendship for his significant contribution to promoting friendship and cooperation between peoples, preserving and promoting the russian language and culture in foreign countries," the presidential decree says. 




emir kusturica was born on november 24, 1954 in sarajevo, former yugoslavia. he initiated the international the kustendorf international film and music festival and a short documentaries festival in visegrad, bosnia and herzegovina. in 2005, he was president of the cannes film festival jury, in 2011 he presided over the jury of the un certain regard section of the cannes film festival official selection. 




kusturica has been given many awards for his activities, including the order of arts and literature (france, 2007), order of the legion of honor (france, 2011), order of st. sava (serbian orthodox church, 2012), order of st. king milutin (serbian orthodox church, 2014), order of st. stephen (serbian orthodox church, 2016). in 2009, he received the unity of orthodox nations international foundation award. 




first published by tass .
putin awards emir kusturica with order of friendship
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