Editor-in-chief of the international media group “Russia Today” Margarita Simonyan announced on Sunday, February 15 that she sent the first prize in the name of director Tigran Keosayan to the teachers of the Orenburg region who protected children from the attacker. The journalist made it clear that each woman received one million rubles.
— The first Tigran award went to teachers from Buguruslan who protected children from a maniac with a knife. Liya Galeeva and Lyudmila Platonova received one million rubles from us,” she wrote in her post. telegram-channel.
Margarita Simonyan established a prize in her husband's name on February 7, after she learned The story of two teacherswho protected a kindergarten in the Orenburg region from attack.
She emphasized that she would give and award prizes to “only good people, the right people” without a jury. According to the journalist, a payment of one million rubles will be issued when “such stories and such people” appear, at least 10 times a year.
Earlier, Simonyan reported that the family of the security guard, who paid with his life to save students of a technical school in Anapa from a teenager who started shooting there, will receive a bonus named after Keosayan.
