The surgeon was awarded the Order of Honor

The leader of the biker club "Night Wolves" Alexander Zaldostanov, known for the nicknamed the surgeon, was awarded the Order of Honor. According to Gazeta.ru, the corresponding decree is posted on the official portal of legal information.

As stated in the Decree of President Putin, the rewards of Zaldostanov was awarded for "active work on the patriotic education of youth, participation in the search work and perpetuating the memory of the dead defenders of the Fatherland."

The surgeon was Putin's confidant in the last presidential election and was invited to the president’s inauguration. Last summer, Putin visited the camp of the "Night Wolves". On the way from Sevastopol to Yalta, Putin made an unplanned stop to greet familiar bikers, and only after that he went to negotiations with Viktor Yanukovych, to whom he eventually was late.

In April last year, the "Night Wolves" held a motorbike in Moscow with balloons with Orthodox symbols. Thus, they supported the Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus' Cyril. “I am against the demons who laugh at believers. Therefore, we decided to combine the opening of the season with a mileage in defense of Patriarch Kirill and the Russian Orthodox Church, this action finds my response. We will go on motorcycles with balls attached to them with the letters of the HB, and let them out at night,” the surgeon said.