The award ceremony for the Buryatia’s "The Patron of the year" competition in the field of culture took place in the National Library in Ulan-Ude on March 22, 2010.
At the Republic’s meeting of arts and cultural workers of Buryatiya memorable diplomas were awarded to Mikhail Slipenchuk, CEO IFC METROPOL, and Bair Tsyrenov, deputy director general of East Siberia Metals Corporation noting the merits of METROPOL Group management.