Russia's Emergency Minister Vladimir Puchkov today won the first
contest "Business Success" in the nomination "Bureaucrat of the
Year" for his attention to the problems of small and medium-sized
enterprises. He received a statuette in the form of a golden ram, a
symbol of the efforts he has made to promote small business.
The "Business Success" award was initiated in 2011 by the all-Russian
public organization "Support for Russia" with support from the
Ministry of Economic Development, "Interfax" reports.