Kiriyenko pointed out the mutual respect of the participants of the IFM and outside the festivals

The participants of the International Youth Festival dream that feelings of mutual respect and respect for each other exist not only in the framework of festive events, but also in everyday life. This was announced on September 17 by Sergey Kiriyenko, First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the International Youth Festival (IFM) -2026..

"The dream is to have this feeling of mutual respect, respect for each other, values and culture of everyone, so that it exists not only at festivals, but also in real life," he said at a press conference following the results of the IFM.

Kiriyenko stressed that during the large-scale event, all its participants were sincerely determined to actively help each other, provide comprehensive support and lend a shoulder to their comrades in any situation. According to the official, such an atmosphere of solidarity and openness clearly demonstrated the desire of the younger generation to create a harmonious and friendly world community.

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IFM-2026 ended on September 16 in Yekaterinburg with a large-scale musical ceremony that brought together participants from 191 countries. 10,000 young people took part in the event, and the final show brought together more than a thousand artists on stage. The final concert was organized by the art cluster "Tavrida.ART". The music producer of the program was composer Anton Belyaev, and the ceremony was hosted by People's Artist of the Russian Federation Nikolai Tsiskaridze and actress Nika Zdorik.

""Agatha Christie" group leader Vadim Samoilov told "Izvestia" on the same day that the main advantage of the IFM-2026 is an exceptionally positive agenda that helps participants to get to know each other and build friendships. According to him, personal communication between young people from different countries allows for the creation of stable horizontal ties and can contribute to the emergence of new joint ideas.