A serious leg injury did not prevent the singer Dima Bilan become the holder of the title honored artist of Russia.

Yesterday in the Bolshoi theatre, the Minister of culture Vladimir Medinsky has granted awards to figures of culture and art among the awarded there were Dima Bilan. Recently 37-year-old singer slipped and fell in the street, received a double fracture of the leg. Bilan had surgery and the whole rehabilitation period he will spend on crutches.

“First of all I want to say thank you to all my dear people – that is you, friends, to everyone who wrote letters, supported me and was and still is a fan of my music and my journey is our reward!!! Of course, thanks to the Ministry of culture, to be at the forefront at the helm of a plethora of tastes, trends, opinions, genres and character work is incredible!!! We are all the same the government is not anarchist! I’m not going to go into the jungle, especially since it is not my profession, let’s just say: everything starts with ourselves, and work, kicking out sparks in the profession – this is important!!! Happy to be of service to the souls of people!!! Thank you for that assessment, to be necessary – this idea is one of the main!!! It’s nice to be officially appreciated by the head of our country!” commented on photos in a personal blog, Dima Bilan.