Young leaders arrive in Yekaterinburg for International Youth Festival

Participants from forty-seven (47) countries have already arrived in Yekaterinburg for the International Youth Festival, organisers have said. The update was announced by the head of the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs, Grigory Gurov, at a press conference dedicated to the opening and presentation of the festival programme. “We have confirmed participants from 191 countries. Right now, young people are checking in; 47 countries have already arrived. These are Australia, Algeria, Brazil, Indonesia, Mongolia, Korea, Serbia, Seychelles.

We also have participants from European countries: Italy, Luxembourg, Slovakia, Finland, France, Switzerland, and individual participants from Canada and the United States of America,” he said. Gurov noted that all participants are expected to arrive on 11 and 12 September. They are being welcomed at the airport and train station with bread and salt and given flowers. “We are waiting for everyone at the venue. Today the city is already filling with laughter and smiles,” he emphasised. The International Youth Festival in Yekaterinburg…