The message reads, in part:
“For nearly three decades now, your forum has served as a focal point for representatives of the media community from our country and foreign states, as well as a prestigious platform for discussing key trends in modern journalism, exchanging best practices and ideas, and strengthening professional and personal contacts. I would note the consistently substantive agenda of your meetings and your thorough, constructive discussions on a wide range of industry challenges.
I would underscore that it is the mass media that largely establishes spiritual, moral, and value benchmarks, shaping public opinion. This is why your steadfast commitment to the principles of journalism ethics, along with your timeliness and reliability in covering the most significant events unfolding in Russia and across the world, is so profoundly important.”