The message reads, in part:
"Over these years, your organisation has accumulated vast experience, winning acclaim and trust of the people of St Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, and becoming a recognised platform for dialogue between government officials and private individuals.
Your team is comprised of responsible and creative people, who empathise with others' needs and troubles. In many respects, it is thanks to your efforts that relevant economic and infrastructural initiatives are carried through in the city and in the region, and, what is especially important, urgent problems of St Petersburg residents are resolved, with everyone receiving personal assistance. Your major contribution to our efforts to provide housing to veterans of the Great Patriotic War and those who survived the Siege of Leningrad deserves great respect."