Prime Minister Vladimir Putin congratulated artist Vladimir Levental on his 70th birthday

«As a talented painter, a master of stage decoration, you created masterpieces that excite people's hearts and immerse them in the days of Chekhov and Gogol. Delicacy, poetry and novelty of decisions reside in your works of stage and cinema. Your pedagogical activity, your aspiration to pass your knowledge and skill to students, is worth of deep respect».