Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of RT and MIA Rossiya Segodnya, received a special prize from the Union of Journalists of Russia (SJR) “Best Media Manager of the Year” The Golden Pen of Russia award ceremony took place in Moscow. “I remember when I was a child at the university,.

at the journalism department, I heard that someone had received the “Golden Pen of. Russia,” and this has always been such an inspiration for me. And I thought: “Will I ever grow up and achieve success in my profession, that perhaps I will also stand on the same level as these magnificent journalists... I am very grateful to everyone that you considered that I already ‘I grew up and deserved it,’ said MargaritaSimonyan.