This decision was approved by the head of the Cabinet of Ministers Mikhail Mishustin.

“The Government's Media Prize was established in 2005.

It is awarded to workers and creative teams of Russian and foreign mass media in Russian for significant professional achievements, ”the government recalled.

As specified, earlier ten such prizes were awarded in Russia.

The size of each award remained the same - 1 million rubles.

On September 11, Russian leader Vladimir Putin welcomed the participants in the All Russia 2021 forum of contemporary journalism.