The Golden Pen of Russia award ceremony took place in Moscow.

The editor-in-chief of RT noted that this was a great honor for her.

“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 Margarita Simonyan.

Previously, RT documentaries about SVO won the main prizes at two film festivals.