This was reported by RIA Novosti. During the golden pen award ceremony, Kiselyov made a statement.

"Now there is a war for a new world, which is why for each of us, for me and for the Union of Journalists this is the most important period in life," he said.

Kiselyov promised to correspond to this period.

Also, the honorary title "Legend of Russian Journalism" was awarded to the editor-in-chief of "Evening Moscow" Alexander Kupriyanov, editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Trud" Valery Simonov and other journalists.

Earlier it was reported that the Union of Journalists of Russia and the Russian Ministry of Figures are developing a new status for war correspondents, which may be called a "veteran of military journalism".