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Dear Mr Savin,

Please accept my congratulations and best wishes for your birthday.

A talented designer and an acknowledged expert in computer-assisted automated systems, you are rightly considered a legend of the national military-industrial complex. You led research in the most crucial spheres of the “atomic project” of the USSR and took part in creating the nation’s space missile defence system. Your contribution to national security, recognised with five State Prizes and the title of Hero of Socialist Labour, cannot be overstated.

I am happy to know how much you do for the development of the Almaz-Antey Concern.

Wishing you good health, well-being and all the very best.

Dmitry Medvedev