article_snippet: Lugovoi, the suspect in the poisoning death of former Russian security agent Alexander Litvinenko, was given a second-class medal of the Order of Merit for the Motherland, according to The decree signed by Putin states.
article_snippet: Lugovoi was cited as an "Honored employee of a diplomatic service.
article_snippet: Lugovoi is an MP in Russia's lower house of parliament for the nationalist and pro-Kremlin Liberal Democratic Party.
article_snippet: Lugovoi is deputy chairman of the lower house's security and anti-corruption committee.
article_snippet: Lugovoi also has hosted a show called "Traitors" on Russian TV and runs a restaurant in Moscow.
highlights_snippet: Also honored: Andrei Lugovoi, charged by the UK with London murder of former Russian security agent .
  