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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sends a message of congratulations to Nobel Prize winners Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov

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The message reads, in part:

"This prestigious award is recognition of your outstanding scientific merits and the breakthrough research you have done in the field of physics. Your fundamental works have already been used in practice and have served as a basis for the most advanced technology.

"The news that you were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics was met with great enthusiasm and pride in Russia. You have added a vivid page to the history of both Russian and global science as well as of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, your renowned alma mater."