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Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent a message of congratulations to film director Pavel Lungin on the occasion of his 60th birthday

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The message reads, in part: 

"You are known all over the world as an outstanding film director, and the creator of remarkable movies, which have won you indisputable professional recognition, and the tremendous love of the audience. Your serious movies attest to your mastership, and impeccable taste, and to your ability to cast brilliant teams of actors, and carry out the most sophisticated creative ideas. Such movies make modern Russian cinematography a phenomenon of creative and moral significance.

I am confident that you will make many more outstanding and interesting films, to which cinema fans will always look forward."