Speaking at the ceremony event in the Kremlin for the 75th anniversary of national television, Vladimir Putin declared that it is impossible to imagine the development of state and society without independent media, without the possibility of hearing different points of view, and without television.
Vladimir Putin recalled the enormous civic role that television reporters played in ensuring the success of democratic transformations at the beginning of the 1990s.
Vladimir Putin congratulated retirees from the television broadcasting industry as well as creative and technical employees gathered in the State Kremlin Palace on the anniversary.
Earlier today, Vladimir Putin signed decrees on awarding these branch employees state awards.