Published on: 2026-10-02
Source: Moscow Government – Правительства Москвы –
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Young Muscovites became winners and prize-winners of the VI International Olympiad on Financial Security. The competition took place from September 27 to October 2 in Krasnoyarsk. Six capital city students received awards, the press service of the capital reported. Department of Education and Science.
“In the final of the financial security Olympiad, 25 schoolchildren from Moscow participated. Two students won the victory, and four others became prize-winners. They will receive benefits when entering the country’s leading universities,” the agency’s press service said.
The winners were Stepan Zubarev from the University Gymnasium at Lomonosov Moscow State University and Darya Antonova from School No. 1547. Diploma recipients included Roman Sulimov from the Pokrovsky Quarter school, Danila Cherednichenko from School No. 58, Zlata Lotnik from Letovo school, and Konstantin Kroha from the Pedagogical Mastery Center school.
About 20 thousand schoolchildren and students from Russia, as well as other CIS countries and distant foreign countries, participated in the qualifying stage of the Olympiad. The final competitions, held at the Siberian Federal University, brought together about 700 young people from more than 40 countries. Among them were China, Brazil, UAE, Turkey, and others.
The Olympiad is held for school students starting from the eighth grade, but in the final, students no younger than ninth grade may participate. In addition, undergraduate, specialist, and master’s students are allowed to participate.
The competition consists of an invitational stage, two qualifying rounds, a qualification round, and a final round. The tasks are divided into thematic blocks requiring good knowledge of mathematics, computer science, law, social studies, and financial literacy. For example, schoolchildren had to correctly identify the reasons for changes in cash volumes in financial pyramids, understand different types of fraud, and perform calculations in math problems.
The theme of the final round was the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in the field of financial security and the risks associated with the development of AI. The schoolchildren solved a practical case — this required interdisciplinary knowledge and creative thinking. The interdisciplinary task this year was dedicated to the work of a passenger taxi aggregator. Thus, based on the available data, the participants determined the breakeven point for taxi fleets and identified financial anomalies in their activities.
This year, the finalists of the olympiad participated for the first time in a separate team project competition. The students formed groups and proposed solutions that would help people better protect themselves from financial threats. For example, the schoolchildren presented a media project called “Finforce,” aimed at warning about dangers and providing general education in the field of financial security. In addition, an online simulator was developed to help children and the elderly learn the rules of safe financial behavior.
More than 100 events were organized for participants and guests. These included panel discussions, master classes, meetings with experts, and a phygital spartakiad. The guys also took part in the International Financial Security Dictation.
The International Financial Security Olympiad is held on the initiative of the Federal Financial Monitoring Service in collaboration with leading universities in the country, including the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics, the Patrice Lumumba Russian University of Peoples’ Friendship, and others. Its goal is to enhance the informational, financial, and legal literacy of young people, assist in career guidance, and expand scientific knowledge in the field of financial security. You will have the opportunity to try your skills next time in the spring of 2027 at the invitational stage.
Winners and prize-winners receive benefits — admission without entrance exams or additional points added to their specialized Unified State Exam scores when applying to leading Russian universities. These include the National Research University Higher School of Economics, the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI, and others.
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Ensuring high-quality training of Moscow schoolchildren for olympiads aligns with the objectives of the “All the Best for Children” project of the national initiative “Youth and Children”. More details about Russia’s national projects and the capital’s contribution can be found at special page.
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