On April 22, 2021, Bishop of the Church of Ingria Ivan Laptev was a guest of honor of the 75th session of the Leningrad Oblast Legislative Assembly where Governor of Leningrad Oblast Aleksandr Drozdenko presented a report on the work of the Leningrad Oblast Government in 2020. In his report, the Governor thanked nonprofit organizations for their active assistance in the fight against the pandemic and noted a high level of development of civil society in Leningrad Oblast.