The medal was bought out by Russian billionaire businessman Alisher Usmanov - precisely for the purpose of returning it to the great scientist.
Dr. Watson received the medal on Wednesday back from Dr. Vladimir Fortov, the President of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Dr. Watson said he was very glad the medal had returned to him. He indicated that he hoped to get more money for science and continued research when he sold it and now he was grateful to Alisher Usmanov for this moving and impressive step .... http://tass.ru
