On November 18, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan conferred Order of Honor on theater and cinema actor, filmmaker, head of Moscow Drama Theater, USSR People’s Artist Armen Jigarkhanyan in the Armenian Embassy in Russia.

During the meeting, the Armenian President awarded Editor-in-Chief of Russia Today TV Margarita Simonyan with Movses Khorenatsi medal for great contribution to journalism development and professionalism

Besides, a title of honored artist was bestowed upon sculptor Michael Soghoyan.