Russia on Friday, April 12, honoured Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Order of St Andrew the Apostle, the highest order of the Russian Federation.
PM Modi was awarded the order for “exceptional services in promoting special & privileged strategic partnership between” Russia and India.
With the Russian award, PM Modi has now been honoured with around seven top global awards. PM Modi has previously been awarded the United Arab Emirates’s top honour as well as of countries including South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Palestine and Afghanistan.
On April 12, @narendramodi was decorated with the Order of St Andrew the Apostle for exceptional services in promoting special & privileged strategic partnership between ?? and ?? and friendly relations between the Russian and Indian peoples.@mfa_russia @MEAIndia @IndEmbMoscow pic.twitter.com/jUFt5aawxw
— Russia in India (@RusEmbIndia) April 12, 2019
According to the Russian govenrment, “The Order of St Andrew the Apostle is awarded to outstanding politicians and public figures, as well as other citizens of Russia, for exceptional services…”
Established as the first and highest order of chivalry of the Russian Empire in 1698, ‘The Order of St Andrew the Apostle’ was abolished under the USSR before being re-established as the top Russian order in 1998.
