MOSCOW (AP) - President Vladimir Putin on Friday awarded the Russian Order of Courage to a woman who was badly injured when she tried to remove a booby-trapped anti-Semitic sign, the presidential press service said.
Tatyana Sapunova, 28, suffered burns and eye injuries last month when she tried to pull down a sign reading "Death to Jews" that was placed alongside a highway outside Moscow. The sign was rigged with explosives.
Sapunova, who is being treated for her wounds in Israel, was given the award "for courage and selflessness in fulfilling her civic duty," according to the award decree.
Since the May 27 incident, several copycat signs with dummy packages resembling explosives have been found on Russian roads.