Published on: 2026-10-02
Source: Government of the Russian Federation –
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On October 2, the VI International Olympiad on Financial Security concluded, which had been held since September 27 in Krasnoyarsk at the Siberian Federal University.
The results were summed up at a meeting of the organizing committee chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko.
“The Olympiad movement, which has been developing thanks to the initiative of our President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, has made tremendous progress in six years. It has already united more than 6 million participants. The international Olympiad is practical in nature. Its winners and prize-winners include 219 people from 35 countries – 26 schoolchildren and 193 students. In total, there were almost 700 participants in the final from 45 countries. Congratulations to everyone on the victory,” reported the Deputy Prime Minister.
The Deputy Prime Minister added that participants use the “Sodruzhestvo” platform. It was created by PSB Bank and allows year-round participation of young people from around the world who want to contribute to protecting their countries from the global threat humanity is currently facing.
Dmitry Chernyshenko also emphasized the need to exchange best practices through training, participation in summer and winter schools on financial security, and lessons that will help find new tools to protect countries.
Deputy Chairman of the Organizing Committee, Director of Rosfinmonitoring Yuri Chikhanchin drew attention to the growing interest in the Olympiad and the International Movement for Financial Security of African countries: “We believe that the further expansion of geography will be facilitated by the agreements reached at the Russia-Africa strategic session. Following its results, a “roadmap” of activities for the International Movement for Financial Security in African countries for the period 2027–2030 was developed, corresponding to the decisions of the Russia-Africa summits. Considering the increasing interest, we propose to include in the protocol the development of the issue of granting international status to the Olympiad for foreign schoolchildren.”
The meeting was attended by the Governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Mikhail Kotyukov, Deputy Minister of Finance Pavel Kadochnikov, Director of the P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute Nikolai Kolachevsky, Vice President and Managing Director for Development of PJSC “PSB Bank” Ekaterina Kolesnikova, representatives of the Administration of the President of Russia, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Rospotrebnadzor, the Bank of Russia, the National Priorities Autonomous Nonprofit Organization, the International Training and Methodological Center for Financial Monitoring, and universities.
Ekaterina Kolesnikova said that surveys of participants conducted through the “Sodruzhestvo” app show: 60% plan to link their careers to the field of financial security – primarily due to interest in this area and career prospects. And 86% consider the participation of finalists from different countries important, noting financial security as a global challenge and an opportunity to exchange experience and knowledge. Job vacancies from university career centers and PSB Bank are already posted on the “Sodruzhestvo” platform.
It should be noted that the events of the final week of the Olympiad took place in the educational, professional, cultural, and sports tracks and were dedicated to issues of using artificial intelligence in the field of financial security. The thematic basis of the cultural events was the Year of Unity of the Peoples of Russia.
A total of over 100 events took place during the final week, including panel discussions, master classes, the International Forum on Financial Security, meetings in the Russia–Africa, BRICS, and CIS formats, career guidance events, Russian folk games, a chess tournament, excursions, and much more.
In addition, Dmitry Chernyshenko and Yuri Chikhanchin spoke with foreign participants of the Olympiad and the International Movement for Financial Security. The meeting was dedicated to the topic “Current threats and risks in the modern world. The role of youth in ensuring financial security.”
“There is no doubt that such dedicated professionals will play an important role in strengthening the financial sovereignty of countries and in creating international communities that will work together to ensure your children and grandchildren are protected from unlawful actions. Those involved in this continually improve their technologies, especially AI technologies. We need to communicate, exchange best practices through training, participation in summer and winter courses, lessons, and find new tools that will protect our countries. I hope that from Russia you will take away not only knowledge but also impressions and contacts established between friends from different countries, and forever keep in memory the right attitude towards Russia—as a hospitable, friendly, open country aimed at international creation, achieving sustainable development, and serving as an island of justice in the world, attracting all those who uphold our traditional values, which we have defended over all centuries,” noted Dmitry Chernyshenko.
He emphasized the importance of unified value systems. In Russia, spiritual and moral values are enshrined by a decree of President Vladimir Putin.
Students from India, Tajikistan, Egypt, Indonesia, and Iran answered questions about international cooperation, the impact of new tools and technologies, and the development of the movement.
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