The congratulatory message reads, in part:
"Your talent as a journalist, outstanding organisational qualities and inexhaustible creative energy have helped you achieve great successes in your professional field and fully realise your enormous potential. It goes without saying that you deserve the most profound recognition for your many years as editor-in-chief of Rossiiskaya Gazeta, and for your capable and highly responsible approach to the business with which you have been entrusted."