Alisher Usmanov returned the Nobel medal to the discoverer of the DNA structure
Biologist James Watson was given back his Nobel medal for discovering the structure of DNA. In December 2014, Watson, facing financial difficulties, sold the medal at a Christie's auction for almost $5 million. The buyer turned out to be businessman Alisher Usmanov: he immediately promised to return the medal to the scientist, calling him one of the greatest biologists in history. On June 17, Watson visited the Russian Academy of Sciences, where he gave a public lecture.