The telegram reads:

Friends,

I congratulate you on the 35th anniversary of Argumenty i Facty.

Over the years, due to your team’s professional work, the newspaper has become a prestigious social and political media outlet. It has become the most popular national weekly with the largest circulation.

Today, despite strong competition, Argumenty i Facty has an enormous audience throughout Russia from Kaliningrad to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, as well as in sixty foreign countries on five continents. 

It is important that the newspaper moves with the times, embracing modern media formats. It promptly responds to the interests of readers and considers their opinions as far as subject matters are concerned. It provides balanced coverage of the successes and the problems of national development.

I wish for every Argumenty i Facty anniversary to serve not only as a pretext to show pride in your accomplishments, but also as a start for new creative successes. I wish you all the best.

Dmitry Medvedev