Closing ceremony of the World Festival of Youth and Students. The main topic of the final day of the festival of youth and students in Sochi will be Russia

Well, the WFMS ended after which for some reason all possible sources were clogged with this video with Putin. And indeed, it’s funny to hear English speech from BB, I don’t remember anything like this before

But to be honest, after the closure, I was interested in something else - a new open platform and one of the sections with foreign students about the future where VV visited. I'll start with the second one

Guys from different countries and working in different areas talk briefly about their cases and proposals.
I especially want to draw attention to the topics
1) Surely you know about the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals, so it is extremely important now to add the 18th goal - “creating a sustainable digital environment.” I have written about this topic more than once, the point is that until we explain to all users how to protect themselves and learn to control the World Wide Web, there will not be a single and clear structure that “plays” by the rules.
2) An interesting approach to waste recycling from a student from Finland - a fairly simple platform application in which the consumer can transfer waste to those who use the waste for their own additional purposes. A brilliant topic in fact, I wrote a thesis on a similar topic, but I focused on separate waste collection in the harsh Russian reality and in my time there were no applications, but now it’s really so simple!
3) 29 minutes - the creation of a place called “national scientific territory” with the support of the UN and G20, in which there will be an opportunity to implement all projects for talents from all over the world. A very interesting desire and initiative.

In general, what I’m telling you - watch the video - it’s very interesting:

Well, the second topic is Kiriyenko’s story about the projects of the “Russia - Land of Opportunities” platform, which really arouses interest among those who were born in the 90s and have not seen such innovative approaches from the point of view of “the state is young talent.”

I’ll start a little from afar - it’s curious, but exactly four years ago we set off across Russia in two cars and seven people to show the power of our country and. And now this is also the name of an open platform that combines support for a huge number of projects offered by young students. In fact, this is one of the effective and working social elevators, which I hope will qualitatively develop our regions with the help of talented youth. And this is really serious about elevators - a number of vacancies have already been prepared in government agencies, including in the presidential administration and deputy ministers, which can be filled by the winners of platform competitions.

The platform is completely open and now there are four full projects running on it:

1) The “Leaders of Russia” competition, which received more than 120 thousand applications in two weeks! The project is aimed at young and established managers who probably understand the prospects, but do not know that, for example, the Department of Internal Policy has already prepared one of them for one of the positions of department director. For example, Maxim Oreshkin himself plans to select a deputy minister and three directors of departments of the ministry through an open competition, including from the winners of the Leaders of Russia program."

2) The “Manage” project, which is aimed at students, but unlike student leaders, it is designed for those who do not have management experience.

3) Grant competition for youth initiatives

4) “Russian movement of schoolchildren: territory of self-government”, which will promote self-organization with the right guidance even from the school desk

And I can’t help but agree that such projects can help identify talent and potential in people at an early age, and most importantly, help them develop, of course, if they have the desire.

It remains to summarize that this festival has a really good level of organization and elaboration of the relevance of the topics, and also opens up huge horizons for current students!

Thousands of participants and volunteers in bright uniforms with the symbols of the festival gather at the main stage of the Olympic Park for the main event of the whole week - the “Russia” show. Behind the scenes are the final preparations: the dancers straighten their kokoshniks and weave ribbons into their braids, the vocalists warm up their cords before performing national motifs. Among the spectators there are especially many foreigners who are clearly impatient. Of course, today is their chance to see all the multinational flavor of the largest country in the world on one stage.

In Cuba we are accustomed to thinking that Russian traditions include ditties, balalaikas and red and white sundresses,” Claudia Martinez Duran shares her expectations. – But the Russian guys I met during the festival claim that this is only a small part of your culture. And the customs of the inhabitants of Siberia or the Caucasus are completely different. It's hard to believe, but we'll see now!

To the stormy applause of the audience, the show of the peoples of Russia opens with a traditional Russian dance. Guests begin to dance to round dances against the backdrop of electronic decorations with Khokhloma paintings, and sing along to simple folk songs of the Southern District. Virtuoso playing of the Tuvan string instrument ikile literally puts the audience into a trance. Guests especially like the Armenian duduk combined with rock drums: young people can make everything modern.

I’ve heard similar music before, but I could never even imagine that it was part of Russian culture,” Islam Ilsadek from Egypt shares his impressions. – Everything is completely different, dissimilar. And at the same time, the inhabitants of your country manage to live in peace and harmony, to be one united nation. Believe me, it's worth a lot.

The concert of cultures and peoples of hospitable Russia is replaced by performances by foreign pop stars and show business. Nate James sends his fiery greetings from the UK, igniting the audience with melodic blues. Meanwhile, dancers in national costumes of the countries participating in the festival, presented at Fashion Week in Sochi, parade in the background. Christian Kostov, a participant in the show “The Voice” and the representative of Bulgaria at Eurovision 2017, amazes the hearts of girls with his voice. And no one can contain the storm of emotions from the music of the Dutch performer Rochelle.

We made this festival successful together with you,” announces First Deputy Head of the Russian Presidential Administration, head of the Russian organizing committee of the festival Sergei Kiriyenko. “And the most important thing is that it turned out to be alive and real.” Thanks to all participants from Russia for their hospitality, warmth and kindness towards our foreign guests. The sports and cultural program was held at an excellent level. And let every foreigner remember that true friends are waiting for him in Russia.

But the closing of such a grandiose event should justify all the most sophisticated expectations. Therefore, the culmination of the evening becomes a mass action, for which the participants have been preparing throughout the week. At the main stage, to the festival anthem performed by Alexey Vorobyov, several thousand participants synchronously perform the main dance of the evening - “Love is all that matters.” The burst of energy, loud applause and applause do not subside for a very long time. And exactly at midnight, the festive fireworks in the sky above the Olympic Park means: the World Festival of Youth and Students is over.

DIRECT SPEECH

Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation:

The festival week in Sochi is coming to an end. But I am sure that it benefited the 30 thousand young people who came to our country from all over the world. Thank you for trusting us. I congratulate everyone who took an active part in the festival events. I know that an absolutely unusual energy reigned here. This is the energy of the young. I am sure that when you leave Russia, you leave a piece of your heart here. We believe in you. The future begins here and now.

Veniamin Kondratyev, Head of Administration of the Krasnodar Territory:

Even though our holiday ends today, I hope you will continue to communicate with each other for many, many decades to come. The XIX World Festival of Youth and Students was the best and most numerous in its history. Yes, we speak different languages, we have different skin color and religion. But it is precisely this dissimilarity, this diversity that makes our world more beautiful.

The closing ceremony of the World Festival of Youth and Students is taking place in Sochi. The closing ceremony of the festival began at the Bolshoi Ice Palace in Sochi. Russian President Vladimir Putin was at the event.

The culmination will be fireworks, which will be launched to music specially written for the festival with a frequency of more than 10 shots per second.

Festival of Youth and Students in 2017: official website

Official website of the World Festival of Youth and Students - http://russia2017.com

Festival of Youth and Students in 2017 in Sochi: opening of the VFMS, watch online on YouTube

The official opening ceremony of the 19th World Festival of Youth and Students (WFYS) took place in the Olympic Park in Sochi. The ceremony takes place at the Bolshoi Ice Palace.

Festival of Youth and Students in 2017 in Moscow

The XIX World Festival of Youth and Students takes place simultaneously in Moscow and Sochi. This is the third festival held in Russia.

The idea of holding world festivals of youth and students arose after the end of the Second World War. The organizers were the World Federation of Democratic Youth and the International Union of Students.

Festival of Youth and Students in 2017: latest news from the WFMS

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke at the opening of the 19th World Festival of Youth and Students. He noted that barriers are powerless before friendship, and human communication does not depend on political, national and religious differences.

The opening began with the performance of the Russian anthem. About 10,000 people were present in the hall. The ceremony was prepared by the production center of Igor Krutoy.

The World Youth Festival takes place in Sochi from October 14 to 22, with approximately 20,000 people aged 18 to 35 from 150 countries taking part.

Festival events will be held in 16 more cities of Russia. On Saturday, a carnival parade took place in Moscow. Because of this, streets and alleys from Ilyinka to Luzhniki, overlooking Prechistenskaya, Frunzenskaya and Luzhnetskaya embankments, were blocked in the capital.

Sputnik, Alexey Stefanov.

Saturday was the last day of the 19th World Festival of Youth and Students. There were very few lectures and discussions, everyone was waiting for the official closing of the event - they were preparing for two concerts in the Olympic Park. But shortly before they started, Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived at the festival and took part in a discussion on the topic “Youth 2030. Image of the Future.”

Putin: Russia will remain in your heart

The head of Russia sat in the hall with the students, listened to the speeches, and at the end took the floor and said that those who will succeed in the future will be those “who not only have deep knowledge, but are also able to think creatively and work in a team.” About the fact that the creation of a person with given characteristics can be worse than an atomic bomb, since along with a brilliant mathematician or musician, this “can also be a military man - a person who will fight without fear, feelings of compassion and regret, without pain.” That competitive advantages in the future will be given to those people who not only have a set of interesting and important knowledge, but “creative, planning and other types of thinking.”

“The future begins here, and the future is you. I am sure that when you leave Russia, you will leave a piece of your heart here. But Russia will always remain in your heart. We believe in you,” Putin concluded.

Russian songs for friends from Africa

While the Russian President was speaking at the Main Media Center, the grandiose show “Russia” began on the open area of Medals Plaza. The organizers of the concert thought that in the age of social networks, young people quickly perceive information in this format. Therefore, on the huge screens near the stage between performances of groups from all over Russia, correspondence in instant messengers of festival participants, photos from Instagram and videos from Youtube were displayed on the screen.

But this humorous interruption was, of course, only part of the show program. The main emphasis was on the performance of groups with national flavor from different parts of Russia. And to make it easier for foreigners, and even Russian youth, to navigate where this or that ensemble came from in Sochi, the names of cities appeared on the screens one after another, some of them were described in more detail, after which the name of the federal district appeared.

The youth gathered in the square reacted very vividly to these districts and cities - one could even guess in which exact corner of the Medals Plaza site students from Moscow, Vladikavkaz, Elista, Ryazan or Novosibirsk were located at that moment.

And where the foreign youth came from could be understood either by the national flags they wrapped themselves in as they walked around the square, or by the T-shirts and sweatshirts on which the names of cities and countries were written. However, at the end of the show everything got mixed up - the students swapped both flags and clothes. Already in the twilight you could easily see a guy in a “Yaroslavl Region” sweatshirt surrounded by friends, and when you came closer you realized that these were representatives of a distant African country.

Students from China danced dashingly to the Russian folk choir named after E. Popov, and a large round dance to the performance of the State Academic Kuban Cossack Choir with squat dancing was organized by students from Africa. And I must say, they danced very masterfully.

“Friends, now you know what it’s like to live in Russia in the 21st century, to use modern technologies. We hope that you will soon see all the corners of our country that we showed today with your own eyes!” — the presenter’s voice sounded from the speakers, after which he invited all the performers to the stage, and the singer Zara sang the song “My Native Country is Wide,” which was picked up by the audience.

It's been an amazing week

The main show of the World Festival of Youth and Students, which was supposed to be the final chord of the week-long marathon, took place in the Bolshoi Ice Palace adjacent to Medals Plaza.

Young people began to flow there. When all ten thousand seats were occupied, the audience put on their hands the interactive bracelets already known from the opening, which light up synchronously, blink to the beat of the music and create the illusion of lighters or flashlights in the dark hall, the countdown began.

At number one, the spotlights illuminated the central podium, where musicians and singers gathered this time. But not visiting stars, as was the case during the opening ceremony of the festival, but the participants of the Festival of Youth and Students themselves. For the first time in the history of such events, this musical group was formed during the festival. It included talented young people from Russia, China, Argentina, Italy and other countries, and the leadership of the orchestra was taken over by brothers Alexander and Nikita Pozdnyakov, participants of the first season of the Voice competition. For a week they rehearsed world rock hits in order to present their work at the closing of the largest event of the year.

“We speak different languages, but we are connected by a common desire to make the world a better place,” said the presenter, after which the speakers who came to Sochi this week began to appear on the screen one after another.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, saxophonist Igor Butman, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) CEO Marco Lambertini, Russian grandmaster Sergei Karyakin, professional skateboarder Steve Berra, Secretary General of the International Football Federation (FIFA) Fatma Samura, actor Vladimir Menshov...

They all said that the festival presented a picture of the world - representatives of different countries and nationalities, called for a healthy lifestyle and exercise, to strive for a dream, but at the same time live in the present as if it were the most priceless gift, and Vladimir Menshov asked to keep the impressions of this holiday in his soul, as he did 60 years ago, when he also spent time at the first festival of youth and students, which took place in Russia.

And then the concert itself began. In between songs, the presenter spoke about the tradition that was established at that very festival in Moscow in 1957, when young poets read their poems. And he suggested continuing the baton. Then it was Andrei Voznesensky, Bella Akhmadulina and Bob Dylan, and now Artem Novichenkov, Nika Simonova, Veniamin Borisov and others.

Participant from Brazil Enrique Dominguez gave a heartfelt speech in which he expressed words of gratitude to the organizers and volunteers of the festival.

"It was an amazing week. Here, in Sochi, I felt the strength of millions of people who live and unite their efforts. I have no doubt that a new world will be built by the hands of youth. Nothing ends with us, but is just beginning. Let's build our life together!" - he urged.

The head of the directorate for the preparation and conduct of the VFMS, Ksenia Razuvaeva, also thanked the volunteers, who noted that the festival’s volunteer team became “the largest team of volunteers of all non-sports events in the entire history of the volunteer movement.” In their uniform blue clothes, volunteers also stood at the foot of the stage at the closing ceremony of the festival, dancing and encouraging the spectators to make live waves in the stands.

In Russia people don't hug bears

One of the touching moments of the show was the performance of a festival participant, a professional musician from Chad, Ndolegulom Jasrabe Hervé.

He told the story of his poor family, his desire to grow up and help his parents and all the children of Chad, why he chose this profession, and also about the country’s young people who have practically no opportunity to access the Internet, about the feeling of loneliness and isolation from the rest of the world. Even the disc with his song, before it got to the festival, Herve had to transfer through several friends so that it would get to Moscow.

"We are scattered around the world, but we are united and can solve our problems together. Hello, Russia!" - this cheerful song of his in his native language became the unofficial anthem of the festival. And the composition of the Russian musician, actor and director Alexei Vorobyov was chosen as the official anthem.

When a UN volunteer came on stage and began to talk about how she had come to Sochi to become one of five thousand volunteers, some conversations swept through the hall, the audience began to turn around and peer at the figure of a man who appeared on the VIP stand near domes.

It turned out that Vladimir Zhirinovsky came to watch the closing of the festival, although at first it looked like he had come to Sochi to show himself - he stood for a long time and waved his hands to everyone. And even the volunteers near the stage responded in kind. Because of this, the performance of the foreign participant turned out to be a little blurry. However, with the first chords of the next hit, they forgot about the politician.

It was also interesting to listen to short interviews with participants from European, Asian and African countries, which were shown on screens. They were sincerely surprised that in Russia “there are no stern, healthy men wearing earflaps” who “walk around hugging polar bears”, that everywhere is not gloomy and dirty, but clean and cultured, and that the Hollywood image of Russians is completely untrue .

And the concert ended with Leonard Cohen's song "Hallelujah", the audience sadly began to leave the ice arena, but another small surprise awaited them on the street. Another disco concert took place on the open stage of Medals Plaza, which ended at midnight with a grandiose festive fireworks display.

“Penguins of the Pen” is a three-day marathon, during which 40 youth editorial staff searched for informational leads, made acquaintances, wrote texts, conducted interviews, filmed photo and video reports, filled out accounts on social networks and “hunted” for exclusive information.

The second day of the festival was dedicated to gaining new knowledge: master classes were held for teams and their leaders. The lecturers were representatives of various media, such as: TV channels Channel One, Russia-24, Russia Today, Kino Mail.ru, radio Komsomolskaya Pravda, magazines I Like Today, Journalist, IGUMO teachers, IPCC, members of the Union of Journalists of Russia and the Union of Journalists of the Moscow Region.

“I will never forget the emotions I experienced here. This is where I was able to open up. I was doing what I loved and I liked it. Isn’t this happiness?” (Irina Ovdenko, captain of the LiGa team, Elektrostal). On the last day of the festival, the editors completed their work and the jury members began evaluating the works. At 18:00 a closing ceremony took place, at which prizes were awarded to the winners and participants of the festival.

WinnersXIIIOpen festival of youth journalism "Penguins of the Feather"

Nomination "Best Editorial"

Students: “7th workshop” (Center for Multimedia Journalism of MPGU, Moscow)

Schoolchildren: “Parallax” (GBOU School No. 2045, press center “Begemot TV”, Zelenograd)

Nomination "Best Journalist"

Students:

1st place – Ekaterina Alyabyeva (editorial staff of “TChK.”, Sakhalin State University, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk)

2nd place – Ekaterina Orlikova (editorial office of “Not Jeans”, IGUMOiIT, Moscow)

2nd place – Anastasia Vasilyeva (editorial office “7th Workshop”, Center for Multimedia Journalism at Moscow State University of Pedagogical University, Moscow)

3rd place – Alexey Zheludov (edition “7th Workshop”, Center for Multimedia Journalism at Moscow State University of Pedagogical University, Moscow)

Pupils:

1st place – Egor Gudkov (editorial office of “Media Mart”, JSC “Editorial office of the newspaper “Evening Moscow”, Moscow)

2nd place – Vladislav Plotnikov (Parallax editorial office, GBOU School No. 2045, Begemot TV press center, Zelenograd)

3rd place – Sofya Belyantseva (editorial office of “Experiment #3.35”, State Autonomous Educational Institution of Further Professional Education “TemoCenter”, School of Multimedia Journalism, Moscow)

The winners of the 2nd and 3rd prizes in the category “Best Journalist” received an internship at the Journalist magazine, the winners received a ticket to the Summer School of Multimedia Journalism (for schoolchildren) and an internship at the Russia-24 TV channel (for students). Prizes and useful certificates were also provided by: the Russia Today TV channel, the Moscow Union of Journalists, the Estesis magazine, the Diadar company, the Cosmo cats, Reputation agencies, the Tyrol confectionery brand and other sponsors. Among the gifts were souvenirs and gadgets from the Zodchie Cultural Center.

Nomination "Best stand"

Schoolchildren: editorial office “In the Center” (MAE DO “Center for Extracurricular Activities”, Novouralsk, Sverdlovsk region)

Nomination "Best Homework"

Students: editorial staff of “Bona fide” (MSLU, Ostozhenka magazine, Moscow)

Schoolchildren: editorial office of “Insignia” (Moscow)

Nomination "Best Headline"

Students: Elmira Mustafaeva, team “Not Jeans” (IGUMOiIT, Moscow)

Schoolchildren: Sofia Boronina, team “Hello!” (MBU DO of the urban district of Korolev, Moscow Region "School of Arts", Korolev, Moscow Region

Nomination "Debut"

Students: editorial office of “Prosto” (SZIU RANEPA under the President of the Russian Federation, St. Petersburg)

Schoolchildren: editorial office of Unpress (Elektrostal)

From year to year, the Penguins of the Feather festival expands its geography. This time the participants came from Kaluga, Vereshchagino and Chernushka (Perm region), Novouralsk, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Volgograd, St. Petersburg, Moscow and cities in the Moscow region (Serpukhov, Elektrostal, Zelenograd, Korolev). We are glad that we provide an opportunity for aspiring journalists to demonstrate their abilities, gain knowledge and experience, and also communicate with colleagues from different parts of the country.