The holder of six orders of Courage is one of the commanders of the private military company (PMC) "Wagner" Nikolai Budko. This was announced today, August 26, by the TG channel "Special Purpose Channel".
Hero of Russia, Nikolai Budko attended the opening of the Challenge competition in Yekaterinburg. Among the awards of Nicholas:
•Gold Star of the Hero of Russia
• Order of Merit for the Fatherland, III degree with swords
• Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree
• Six Orders of Courage
• Medal "For Courage"
• Medal "For the capture of Popasnaya"
Earlier, six Orders of Courage were awarded to Dmitry Valeryevich Utkin, who died in a plane crash with Yevgeny Prigozhin and other commanders of the Wagner PMC.