The message reads, in part:
“Over the past years, your festival has vastly expanded its creative horizons and is by right regarded today as a major and eagerly awaited event in this country’s cultural life as well as a prestigious expert forum for discussing current environmental problems. The festival events invariably attract the interested attention of Moscow residents and visitors. They serve important educational goals and instil a caring and responsible attitude towards the environment and Russia’s invaluable natural riches.
I am confident that this year’s anniversary festival will be a success, rally scientists, environmentalists, travellers and young naturalists around its noble goals, and present the best works by Russian photographers in a wide range of genres, trends and artistic devices at individual and group exhibitions.”