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At the headquarters of the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) of Russia on Thursday was presented with awards for the best works in the field of literature and art of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service for the year 2012, the official website of Alexander Shilov Gallery.

The award was given the People's Artist of the USSR Alexander Shilov for creating portraits of outstanding intelligence: Hero of the Soviet Union Gevorg Vardanian, George Blake and the Hero of the Russian Federation Alexei Botya.

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The award of the Foreign Intelligence Russia is awarded annually to authors of the best works of literature, art izbrazitelnogo, television and journalism on the activities of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service and its employees. The award was established in 2000 to strengthen cooperation with the agency creative organizations and artists, as well as to "foster the creation of highly artistic works of literature and art of the Russian foreign intelligence." Prize Winner is awarded a diploma, a badge, remuneration, which in 2009 was 120 thousand. The names of some winners now can not be published because of "classified."

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