9 february, 2010 13:00  
 
 

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has wished a happy 85th birthday to Valentin Zorin, a foreign-affairs journalist, a State Prizes winner and a political commentator at Voice of Russia radio

 
 
 
The congratulatory message says:

"You are considered a talented person with an encyclopedic knowledge, a true professional and a recognised patriarch of the national journalistic school. Your creative, interesting and largely unique projects have won you a well-deserved reputation as an authoritative expert and analyst and a brilliant interviewer. Your projects invariably became a noticeable event in the life of our country and society, attracting the attention of broad audiences.

It is important that you still work intensively and productively, sharing your knowledge and rich experience with your young colleagues."