OREANDA-NEWS. November 24, 2008. Vladimir Putin sent a message of greetings to the employees and veterans of the Federal Tax Service of the Russian Federation regarding their professional holiday
The message reads, in part: 

"In the past years, the Russian Federal Tax Service and its territorial bodies have made a big contribution to the implementation of government policy in monitoring compliance with tax legislation. The service's best representatives stand out for their high professional and personal qualities, competence, integrity and fidelity to duty.

"Today, the service is a modern, dynamically developing agency which is using the latest technology and methods of work. A steady flow of funds to the state's treasury and the regional budgets, the resolution of a number of social problems and the consolidation of the nation's economic security depend on the experience and professional skills of its employees, their responsibility and initiative."