“Dear Oleg Evgenievich!
Congratulations on your 60th birthday, ”the president's congratulatory telegram says.
Putin added that nature has generously endowed Menshikov with talent and a truly inexhaustible creative potential.
He emphasized that Menshikov brilliantly showed himself in the acting field and achieved recognition in the most difficult profession of a director.
The President wished the actor health and new creative achievements.
In October, Putin congratulated director Nikita Mikhalkov on his 75th birthday via video link.