President Robert Kocharian presented state premiums for 2001 to culture figures of Armenia. Film director Albert Mkrtchian, cameraman Rudolf Vatinian, actress Anahit Kocharian, composer Ruben Altonian, artist Ruben Adalian, architects Stepan Kyulchian and Yuri Dallakian were awarded. Laureates received money prizes, for which five million drams had been allotted from the presidential fund.