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Dmitry Chernyshenko: In 2026, grant support for NGOs will total 70 million rubles as part of the national project "Youth and Children."

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Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko and Rosmolodezh Director Grigory Gurov announced the launch of a grant competition among non-profit organizations to implement projects to preserve historical memory and promote civic education among young people. Applications for the Rosmolodezh.Grants competition among NGOs are accepted from March 4 through April 2. on the website.

"Thanks to the inclusion of the Rosmolodezh.Grants competition in the national project 'Youth and Children,' the maximum grant amount has increased since last year. Non-profit organizations can apply for up to 2.5 million rubles, which is one million rubles more than in 2024. The total grant support in 2026 will be 70 million rubles. This will allow us to scale up projects promoting our spiritual and moral values, popularizing sports, safety, and much more," said Dmitry Chernyshenko.

Non-profit organizations, including youth and children's public associations (excluding state-owned institutions), registered no later than one year before the competition are eligible to participate in the competition.

Applications can be submitted in five categories:

"This year, non-profit organizations can receive grant support for implementing social initiatives in various areas of youth civic education—from raising interest in drone development and training to fostering anti-terrorism awareness. Key projects remain those preserving historical and cultural heritage, creating museum exhibits and archives, and assisting veterans. In 2025, 70 initiatives received support, ranging from 285,000 to 2,341,000 rubles. In the new season, we expect even more interesting and useful projects to receive grants and assistance in scaling up their ideas," noted Grigory Gurov, head of Rosmolodezh.

Last year's winners included the "Defenders of the Sky" educational intensive program from the Sevastopol regional public organization "League of Social Workers," which received 2,118,000 rubles in support. The project included an online course and a series of in-person engineering intensives, where schoolchildren and students learned 3D modeling, UAV assembly, and piloting, and also participated in a team drone racing competition.

Another project is the youth patriotic marathon "Challenge – Sport 2.0" run by the Workout Federation of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic. With support from 1,672,000 rubles, it combined sports festivals, educational sessions, and mentoring programs on social projects for young athletes. The project's events became a platform for interethnic communication and youth engagement in social initiatives through mass sports.

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Dmitry Chernyshenko met with participants of the "Time of Heroes" program.

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A meeting with participants in the first cohort of the presidential personnel program "Time of Heroes" took place during Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko's working visit to the Arkhangelsk Region.

In the region, approximately 80 military personnel – participants of the Special Military District, including Heroes of Russia, completed internship.

The Deputy Prime Minister recalled the previous meeting under the "Time of Heroes" program at the Government Coordination Center in the summer of 2024. Back then, he discussed early approaches to public administration, and now, according to Dmitry Chernyshenko, many of the students can explain what public administration is.

"It so happened that you took on a mission—helping people in a new capacity. You did this according to your formal education, applying your military skills. Your homeland called you and, through rapid training, immersed you in a previously unknown world, complex and contradictory, which you must change for the better. I hope you succeed. You see that the President has placed his trust in you, and this is a huge responsibility to him and to the entire country," the Deputy Prime Minister emphasized.

Dmitry Chernyshenko noted that the selection of participants for the "Time of Heroes" program was determined by many factors, including their inner values: "The situations and trials you've experienced aren't shared by everyone. But you've preserved your core values and must carry them with you throughout your lives and never betray them."

He emphasized that Solovki, like Valaam and Sergiev Posad, is an unusual place of power, and also spoke about the defense of their native land by monks, pilgrims, and wounded Russian soldiers during the Crimean War.

In conclusion, Dmitry Chernyshenko wished the participants of the "Time of Heroes" program to recharge with the energy of the North and, with it, "go forth to fulfill the important task set by President Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin."

Arkhangelsk Region Governor Alexander Tsybulsky believes that visiting regions is an important step in professional development. He stated that serving as governor significantly changed his perspective on governance issues.

The regional governor spoke to "Time of Heroes" participants about the Arkhangelsk Region's role in ensuring national security, including the nuclear shipbuilding center of Severodvinsk and the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, as well as significant historical events.

"When you explore the Arkhangelsk Region, you'll have the opportunity to see not only its remarkable past and promising future, but also the challenges we're working to address. We've designed the program to give you a glimpse into the management process: how we set goals, break them down into indicators, assign accountability, collect data, and make decisions—quickly and in collaboration with municipalities and businesses. Remember, a manager's job is always a compromise between what you do today and the resources you have. I hope you'll take home several solutions that can be implemented immediately, without a lengthy system reconfiguration," said Alexander Tsybulsky.

Participants of the "Time of Heroes" program visited the Sevmash shipyard and the Belomorsk Naval Base. They also visited the Solovetsky Islands, where preparations are currently underway for the 600th anniversary of the founding of the first monastic settlement, which will be celebrated in 2029.

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Classical guitar sounds

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Classical guitarist Vladislav Domogatsky, winner of international and all-Russian competitions and the Russian Presidential Prize, will perform at the A.F. Losev House.

The program includes works by Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, Niccolò Paganini, Dionisio Aguado and Heitor Villa-Lobos, as well as original arrangements of Italian pop hits.

The concert covers music from three centuries – from strict baroque to 20th-century classics.

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Family and Family Values: Take Part in a New Survey

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A new survey, "Family Values and Parental Attitudes," has launched on the "Caring Person" platform.

Tell us what you think about family values, marriage, and how the government can help young families.

The results will help us develop a picture of young people's values and assess the effectiveness of support measures for student families.

The survey runs from March 2 to April 5.

We welcome the opinions of students and university staff!

Take the survey in your personal account on the platform and help shape the worldview of today's generation.

Please note: When you click the link and log in to the platform, a pop-up window will appear where you must select your role (administrative and management staff, faculty, or students) and department (for students and faculty, select the department; for administrative and management staff, select "Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering").

Link to the survey

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Moscow will continue to support taxi services.

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The safety and convenience of taxi, car-sharing, and bicycle and scooter rental services in the capital are improving. The issue of public transportation was discussed at a meeting of the Moscow Government Presidium.

Taxi and car sharing

The Moscow region's taxi fleet comprises over 205,000 vehicles, of which approximately 87,000 operate in Moscow and over 118,000 in the Moscow region. The average pickup time is a record-breaking four minutes. The average age of the vehicles is 3.1 years.

In 2021, the city became the first in the country to launch a comprehensive information system, "Taxi Analytics," which allows for the removal of unscrupulous drivers with insufficient experience, traffic violators, and those who skip medical and technical inspections from bookings. Since the system's implementation, the accident rate involving taxis has decreased by 15.3 percent, and by 7.2 percent by the end of 2025.

In 2024, Moscow became the first region of the Russian Federation to introduce mandatory certification for taxi drivers, based on federal law. Certification allows drivers to confirm their professional knowledge and skills, and passengers can be confident that they are being driven by a professional who knows the city and is skilled in handling emergency situations. All active passenger taxi drivers have passed the certification. In 2025, the number of taxi rides per workday reached 1.75 million.

Moscow remains the world's largest car-sharing city, with approximately 40,000 cars in its fleet. The average age of these cars is two years. In 2025, carsharing vehicles were rented on average over 148,000 times per day. There were five to six orders per car. Cars were most often rented for trips near Khodynka Field, Belorussky Station, and Tsvetnoy Boulevard.

In 2026, the capital will continue to support services and provide subsidies for updating taxi and car-sharing fleets. The city budget has allocated 450 million rubles for these purposes.

Bicycles and personal mobility devices

The city's bike and scooter rental fleet comprises 80,000 units—20,000 bicycles and 60,000 scooters. Over the past year, the number of daily scooter rides has increased by 10 percent, reaching 330,000 trips per day. The total length of bike paths has exceeded 600 kilometers.

Bicycles and scooters have become not only a form of entertainment but also a popular means of transportation—85 percent of people rent them to get to work, school, parks, or shopping malls. In 2025, the city's Velobike bike-sharing system had approximately 370,000 users, and scooters were rented by five million residents and tourists.

In 2025, user verification was introduced through a single Mos ID account. To improve road safety, shared bicycles and scooters were equipped with large license plates. All violations can be automatically detected using city photo and video cameras. During last year's warm season, more than 70 new slow zones with speed limits of five to 20 kilometers per hour were introduced, bringing the total number to 420. As a result, the number of road accidents involving personal mobility devices (PMDs) decreased by 57 percent, and incidents involving children by 72 percent.

In 2025, the fleet was expanded with three thousand upgraded 2.0 e-bikes—they can be parked at any SIM city parking lot and used for rides without needing a rental station. The average rental time was 21 minutes.

Last year also saw the pilot launch of new types of mobility transport, including an electric scooter and a mechanical dockless bicycle for adults and children.

Using SIM cards, Moscow couriers deliver approximately 700,000 orders daily. Experts estimate that by 2030, Moscow couriers will be able to fulfill up to 1.5 million orders per day.

Moscow is the undisputed leader in the growth of online delivery in Russia. To streamline the industry, in 2024 the city became the first in the country to approve a standard for courier services. This standard includes requirements for document checks, appearance, and the condition of vehicles and bags. Couriers also undergo training in ethics and safe driving. Today, e-bikes and scooters used by couriers are equipped with remote control modules: they limit speed, including in slow-speed zones, and transmit trip data to the Moscow public transportation system.

The measures taken not only improve safety but also the quality of service. Over 80 percent of Muscovites surveyed highly rate the courier services, finding them very convenient and indispensable.

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Sobyanin: A fourth river electric transport route will open in 2026

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In 2026, the capital will open a fourth regular river electric transport route. Additionally, the third route, Novospassky-ZIL, will be extended. Sergei Sobyanin wrote about this on his channel. MAX messenger.

"The revival of regular passenger service on the Moscow River is a unique project. We were the first in the world to launch

year-round water transport “It’s completely electric,” the Moscow Mayor wrote.

Source: Sergei Sobyanin's channel inMAX messenger

The first regular route, opened in June 2023 by Russian President Vladimir Putin, connected Kyiv Railway Station with the Heart of the Capital pier near the residential complex of the same name on Shelepikhinskaya Embankment. In June 2024, it was nearly doubled in length, extending to 12 kilometers, with two additional piers: Beregovoy (on the right bank of the Moskva River, practically opposite the Heart of the Capital pier) and Fili Park (the route's new terminus). In September 2024, another pier opened on the first route: Krasnopresnensky Park (near the park of the same name and the Expocentre Central Exhibition Complex).

The second regular ZIL-Pechatniki electric vessel route, a nine-kilometer route, opened in September 2023. A year later, in September 2024, three new berths were commissioned: Nagatinsky, Zaton Novinki, and Kolomenskaya Embankment.

In June 2025, the third regular river electric transport route, Novospassky-ZIL, opened. Since then, passengers have made approximately 150,000 trips.

Thus, today there are three regular river transport routes operating on the Moscow River: Kyiv – Fili Park (nine berths), ZIL – Pechatniki (nine berths), and Novospassky – ZIL (six berths), with a total length of at least 30 kilometers.

Thirty-one vessels were purchased to operate on three routes. All were named after small Moscow rivers and have an ice class of "ice 20," meaning they can navigate through broken ice up to 20 centimeters thick. These modern electric vessels are crewed by 134 experienced captains with an average of over seven years of service on the water.

"Thanks to this new mode of transport, over 1.8 million people living in 22 Moscow districts have gained alternative transportation options. They have made over three million trips on electric boats," added Sergei Sobyanin.

Over 70,000 Trips: How Moscow's River Electric Transport Developed in 2025Audio tours are now available on the regular Novospassky-ZIL river route.

The most popular departure points are the Kyiv, Fili Park, Pechatniki, City-Central, ZIL, and Yuzhny River Terminal piers. There are 24 piers in total.

Plans for 2026 include the opening of a fourth electric river transport route, Luzhniki-Kievskiy, and the extension of the third route, Novospassky-ZIL, by more than 1.5 kilometers to the Krasnye Kholmy pier on Kosmodamianskaya Embankment. Eight new electric vessels are planned for these routes.

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Alexander Dmitriev, director of the Smart Labor testing site, defended his PhD thesis.

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Alexander Dmitriev

The Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering has a new candidate of technical sciences. The degree was awarded to Alexander Dmitriev, Director of the Smart Labor Test Site and Assistant Professor in the Department of Technosphere Safety at the Faculty of Civil Engineering.

The defense took place on November 26, 2025, at the Volga Region State Technological University (Yoshkar-Ola). The dissertation council reviewed the work on the topic "Justification of the Parameters of Tractors with Wheeled and Tracked Drive for Low-Volume Logging."

The Path to Defense

According to Alexander Dmitriev, preparing for the defense was an important and challenging stage in his professional development: "It's impossible to prepare perfectly for such work—every dissertation committee member has their own opinions and questions. But I consider the defense a success: the questions were interesting, and I was able to answer them well."

Work on this topic took approximately five years—from the initial scientific ideas to the completed study and thesis defense. During this time, scientific articles were published, calculations were conducted, and experimental studies were conducted.

Relevance of the study

This dissertation addresses the pressing issue of the impact of logging equipment on soil cover. Today, approximately 85% of logging companies in Russia are small and medium-sized companies that lack the means to purchase expensive specialized equipment and primarily use agricultural tractors.

Such equipment, particularly those from the Minsk Tractor Plant, is widely used due to its affordability and ease of maintenance. However, in forested conditions—stumps, fallen trees, and deep snow—its maneuverability is reduced and the load on the soil increases, damaging the ecosystem.

Alexander Dmitriev developed a mathematical model of a wheeled-tracked propulsion system, which retains wheels at the front and installs a track module at the rear. Increasing the ground contact area allows for:

Reduce specific soil pressure; reduce environmental damage; improve equipment cross-country ability; and increase traction characteristics.

The theoretical calculations were confirmed by laboratory experiments using soil stamping tests. The study also provides a business case for the system's implementation: modernization requires minimal investment but can significantly improve the efficiency of small logging operations.

Prospects for implementation

The concept of a wheeled-tracked propulsion system is well-known worldwide, but its application in low-volume logging and comprehensive mathematical justification of its parameters have not previously been conducted. The developed model can serve as a basis for further research and practical implementation at enterprises in the industry.

The results of the dissertation are publicly available and can be used by companies for independent calculations and equipment modernization.

On the scientific path and mentorship

Alexander Dmitriev emphasizes that a supervisor plays a key role in scientific development. He expressed gratitude to his mentor, Doctor of Engineering Sciences Olga Kunitskaya, noting that the combination of professional support and personal motivation serves as the foundation for a successful defense.

Speaking about students and young researchers, he advises treating a dissertation as a long-term project that requires systematic work and patience: "The main thing is not to give up when you feel like putting it all off. It's part of the journey. It takes time, planning, and an understanding that it's a long process."

New professional opportunities

Alexander Dmitriev currently works as an assistant in the Department of Technosphere Safety at the Faculty of Construction at St. Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering and heads the "Smart Labor" testing site. Earning his academic degree opens up new professional prospects and the opportunity to compete for higher positions.

The university staff congratulates Alexander Dmitriev on the successful defense of his dissertation and wishes him continued scientific achievements, the implementation of research projects, and new professional heights!

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Tales of the Enchanted Forest

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Library No. 37 invites you to a meeting with writer Elena Iva. The event will be held as part of Children's Book Week.

Elena Iva writes about friendship, love, and heroism. Guests will be introduced to her fairy tale "Princess Amaranta and the Enchanted Forest," which she dedicated to her granddaughter. Elena Iva will also discuss her book "The Maple War Drum." Young readers will learn about the Patriotic War of 1812 and the drum-making process in the early 19th century.

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The new season of the CASE-IN engineering championship has started.

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Press conference at the opening of the season: Lyudmila Morshchakova, Olga Petrova, Andrei Betin, General Director of the Presidential Platform "Russia – Country of Opportunities", Artem Korolev, and TASS representative Anna Lukyanova

The 14th season of the CASE-IN International Engineering Championship, which is held with the support of the Presidential Platform, has begun. "Russia is a land of opportunity"This was announced on March 3 at a press conference at TASS. Schoolchildren, students, and young professionals will develop effective projects to ensure the full digitalization of leading industries, implement artificial intelligence, and digital twins. The best of them will receive preferential admissions to master's and doctoral programs, additional points on the Unified State Exam (USE), paid internships, and opportunities to launch and develop their careers.

This season of the championship is dedicated to the theme "Technologies of the Future." Artem Korolev, founder and co-chair of the CASE-IN organizing committee, notes: "The CASE-IN Championship today is more than just a competition, but an international ecosystem for the early identification of talent and the training of professionals ready for practical work. In the new season, participants will work on solutions focused on the digitalization of key industries, the implementation of artificial intelligence, and digital twins."

The competition will be held in three leagues: school, student, and young professionals. The Student League, which has the largest number of participants, will start first. The championship opening ceremony will take place simultaneously at several universities in different cities.

In the 14th season, the Student League includes 12 industry areas: architecture, design, construction and housing and public utilities; biotechnology; geological exploration; mining; mining machinery and equipment; metallurgy; petrochemistry; oil and gas; project engineering; thermal power engineering; digital automation; electric power engineering.

In-person selection rounds will be held at more than 60 universities, with students from over 200 participating. The in-person selection round at the Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering will take place on March 26.

Olga Petrova, Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education of Russia, noted: "Educational institutions not only facilitate the competition but also provide participants with opportunities for further education and professional development. This season, 161 universities are providing prize winners and champions of the School League with extra points towards their Unified State Exam scores, and 36 universities are offering the best participants of the Student League preferential admission to master's and doctoral programs."

At SPbGASU, being a winner of the School League of the International Engineering Championship "CASE-IN" gives 5 additional points towards the results of the Unified State Exam.

Winners from previous years shared their experiences of participating in the championship. For example, Lyudmila Morshchakova, the 2022 champion in the Architecture, Design, Construction, and Housing and Utilities category, works as a leading process engineer at Metropolis in St. Petersburg. "Thanks to the case, participants develop skills essential for real-world project work: the ability to work in a team, publicly defend their decisions, and withstand a high pace and stress. These are the qualities that enable them to effectively solve problems when designing complex, unique projects," the young specialist admitted. "Participating in the championship was one of the key career decisions of my life. My advice to students is this: don't try to guess what answer the company wants to hear. There is no single right solution. Independent, well-reasoned ideas and genuine engagement are valued."

The championship is organized by the Nadezhnaya Smena Foundation, the "Russia – Land of Opportunities" Presidential Platform, the "Youth Forum of Mining Leaders" non-profit partnership, and AstraLogika LLC. The championship has been held since 2013 and brings together schoolchildren, students, and young professionals from Russia, the CIS, and BRICS countries. The project is part of the "Science of Winning" initiative and the plan for the Decade of Science and Technology in Russia (2022–2031).

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Book name day

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Library No. 24, the Nazim Hikmet Cultural Center, will host a meeting with children's author Olesya IP, titled "Book Name Day," as part of All-Russian Children's Book Week.

The author will talk about her works, including the book "Viola – The Little Princess," conduct an interactive lesson based on the fairy tales of Alexander Pushkin, and invite you to read his lines together.

The program also includes a creative conversation about inspiration, questions and answers, an autograph signing, and a photo session.

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