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International Festival of Youth 2026 Opens in Yekaterinburg with 10,000 Participants

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The International Festival of Youth (IFY) 2026 opened in Yekaterinburg on September 11, bringing together 10,000 youth leaders from 191 countries, including 5,000 each from Russia and overseas, to exchange experiences and develop solutions for global challenges across seven key spheres including culture, health, education, and technology.

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The International Festival of Youth is an annual event that brings together young leaders globally to discuss sustainable development and cultural exchange.

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YEKATERINBURG, September 11. /TASS/. The International Festival of Youth (IFY) - 2026 opens in Yekaterinburg on Friday.

The global event to run through September 17 will be attended by 10,000 youth leaders from 191 countries, including 5,000 delegates each from Russia and overseas. A thousand teenagers aged between 14 and 17 will take part in the program of the festival under the motto "Follow Your Dream."

A large-scale exhibition to present promising solutions for the future that are already being developed or embraced in Russia will take place during the festival. The goal of the festival is to give youth leaders from 191 countries an opportunity to communicate with their peers from across the globe, exchange experience and find solutions to global challenges. The IFY will cover seven key spheres that determine sustainable progress in our country and the entire planet, namely culture, health, natural resources, education, technologies, transport, and digital services.

The IFY will be a key event to showcase the country’s achievements in the economy, the social sphere, culture, nation-building, and the strengthening of interethnic peace and harmony to youths from Russia and abroad. The festival will also make a contribution to promoting the unbiased image of Russia in the foreign information space.

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  • What specific outcomes or agreements are expected from the festival?
  • How will the solutions presented at the exhibition be implemented after the event?

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This article was originally published by TASS.

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