English: Award of the Interior Ministry of Russia. Medal "For Merit in Management Activities" 2nd class. Instituted on 21 April 2008 by ministerial order 355. Awarded to employees of the ministry, soldiers and officers of Interior Troops, with at least 10 years of managerial service in the MVD, who have made a significant contribution in the introduction and development of new and emerging technologies in management of the Interior Ministry, in establishing science based technologies in combating crime and facing new criminal threats, in the formation of concepts and in defining required reforms in police and Interior forces, in the development of effective mechanisms for the implementation of advanced forms and methods of successfully carrying out operational and combat tasks, in improving the management of subordinate units of internal affairs bodies and internal troops of Russia.