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The 2025 Phygital Games are taking place in Nizhny Novgorod from September 17 to 20. The tournament is bringing together 400 participants from 50 regions of Russia, as well as Latvia and Mauritania.

Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Chernyshenko spoke with Games participants, assessed the competition venues, and held a meeting on the development of the phygital movement.

The meeting also featured speeches from First Deputy Minister of Sport of Russia Odes Baysultanov, Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education Olga Petrova, Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region Gleb Nikitin, and President of the All-Russian Phygital Sports Federation Nikita Nagorny.

The Deputy Prime Minister thanked Governor Gleb Nikitin, his team, the Russian Ministry of Sport, and the organizers, and emphasized the importance of holding the 2025 Phygital Games during the World Youth Festival, as this provides an additional opportunity for engagement in the phygital format, launched "with the help of President Vladimir Putin."

"The World Phygital Federation already includes 118 countries. This means that in 118 countries, people are gathering, holding competitions, and evaluating them on the World Federation platform, using the same rules and regulations first tested at the Future Games in Kazan last year. This year, qualifying competitions for the Future Games, which will be held in Astana next July, are being held here," noted Dmitry Chernyshenko.

Dmitry Chernyshenko reported that, according to the Minister of Sports of the Nizhny Novgorod Region, thanks to the phygital training camps, the conversion rate of children who had never played sports but took up the sport after participating in the camps was 30%.

The meeting noted that special attention is currently being paid to integrating phygital technologies into the school and higher education systems.

The Phygital Games 2025 is a key tournament on the Champions Path to qualify for the Games of the Future 2026 in Kazakhstan. For the RFSO Lokomotiv football team, participation in the Phygital Games 2025 provides additional match practice before competing in the GOTF 2025, which will be held in December in Abu Dhabi.

According to Nizhny Novgorod Region Governor Gleb Nikitin, the region has great potential and a strong foundation for developing the phygital movement. Eight municipalities in the region already have equipped phygital sports venues. A dedicated sports federation is active, and the number of events held is growing annually.

"For two years in a row, we've been holding phygital camps in the region, where children spend two weeks learning 3D modeling, programming, robotics, and playing sports. We invite students from sports schools and those interested in IT to participate. As a result, after these camps, 30% of children who hadn't previously played sports enroll in sports clubs, and athletes are eager to learn information technology. Phygital is a real tool that helps children find their calling in sports and life," the governor noted.

The 2025 Phygital Games brought together the strongest teams in five disciplines: phygital football, phygital basketball, phygital hockey, phygital dancing, and phygital shooters.

Dmitry Chernyshenko and Gleb Nikitin attended the T-Bank Phygital Hockey competition, as well as the RWB Phygital Football and Vkusno – Period Phygital Basketball competitions.

The Deputy Prime Minister was presented with the "Sports Nizhny Novgorod" metaverse on the Roblox gaming platform. Nizhny Novgorod became the first city in Russia to create its own virtual world on the popular children's gaming platform to engage children in physical education and sports, as well as to introduce them to the region's history.

The Nizhny Novgorod Fair, the Meshchera Sports School, and the Meshchersky Sports and Recreation Center, where the region's first phygital center was created and presented to Dmitry Chernyshenko two years ago, served as the Games' venues.

"The development plan for the phygital movement in Russia runs until 2030. Ten phygital sports competitions have already been included in the unified calendar of interregional, national, and international sporting events. We plan to create 300 phygital centers in the regions and introduce 20 phygital disciplines in the next five years," said Odes Baysultanov, First Deputy Minister of Sport of Russia.

Nikita Nagorny, President of the All-Russian Phygital Sports Federation, emphasized that significant work has been done over the past two years to develop the phygital movement in our country. It has become a fully-fledged part of the Russian sports community. At the meeting, Nikita Nagorny and Artem Buslaev, President of the Russian Squash Federation, signed an agreement on the joint development of squash in Russia.

The Games are organized by the Agency for the Development of Computer and Other Sports and the Ministry of Sports of the Nizhny Novgorod Region, with the support of the Ministry of Sports of Russia.

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Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin spoke at the session "Digital Financial Control as an Element of Client-Centric Public Administration" at the Moscow Financial Forum.

In his speech, the Deputy Prime Minister emphasized that all control and financial mechanisms must be subordinated to the main goal – improving people's quality of life – and based on the principles of teamwork.

"The President set a strategic goal of improving the quality of life for citizens. Achieving this goal is a key priority and the core of our work. To successfully implement it, we must ensure the coordinated work of all participants in the process. If controllers, clients, and builders work separately, nothing will work. Success is only possible when we act as a team. A striking example of such effective collaboration is the work in the reunified regions, where, together with the Treasury, an effective budgetary oversight system was created within a tight deadline and under challenging conditions," said Marat Khusnullin.

The Deputy Prime Minister also noted that further improvement of the control and financial system is necessary to implement the national project "Infrastructure for Life," which aims, among other things, to improve the quality of life by 30% in 2,160 settlements by 2030.

Furthermore, the issue of streamlining oversight and control activities was raised, taking into account the need to shorten the investment and construction cycle. The Deputy Prime Minister explained that this approach requires a shift from excessive detail to monitoring based on aggregated indicators: volumes, deadlines, quality, and financing. This significantly simplifies the work and allows for a focus on results.

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Dmitry Patrushev assessed the progress of the federal project "General Cleaning."

Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Patrushev held a meeting to discuss the progress of the federal project "General Cleanup" as part of the national project "Environmental Well-Being." The event was attended by senior officials from the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Ministry of Transport, Rosatom, and other relevant agencies.

"To fulfill the objectives set by the President of Russia and ensure favorable living conditions for people across our country, we continue to eliminate accumulated environmental damage. This work is being carried out in several areas. A list of 50 sites slated for elimination by 2030 is being compiled. Furthermore, it is important to complete three major projects: the cleanup of accumulated waste from the former industrial sites of Usolye-Khimprom, the Baikal Pulp and Paper Mill, and the Krasny Bor landfill. A total of over 140 billion rubles is planned for the implementation of the federal project 'General Cleanup' by 2030," said Dmitry Patrushev.

Rosprirodnadzor and Rospotrebnadzor are currently assessing the negative environmental impact of hazardous facilities in Russia's regions. Based on the data obtained, a list of facilities prioritized for remediation is being compiled.

In addition, the Federal Environmental Operator of the Rosatom State Corporation is carrying out the decommissioning of three major facilities in the Irkutsk and Leningrad regions. This year, the company also began designing protective structures for the Komsomolsk Sulfuric Acid Plant.

The meeting also discussed the cleanup of sunken vessels. Five wrecks will be removed in the Far East in 2025.

Dmitry Patrushev also instructed the Ministry of Transport, Rosmorrechflot, and the Ministry of Natural Resources, in conjunction with the Far Eastern regions, to develop a site-by-site plan for lifting ships by 2030 and begin implementing it by the end of the year.

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Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin chaired a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the National Research Moscow State University of Civil Engineering (NRU MGSU). He also participated in the 3rd International Scientific and Practical Symposium "The Future of the Construction Industry: Challenges and Development Prospects – 2025" and toured the university's exhibition displays.

"MGSU faces the strategic goal of increasing labor productivity and training and retraining personnel who will be able to make a significant contribution to the implementation of the national project 'Infrastructure for Life' and the development of the entire country. MGSU is a flagship in professional training, so it is imperative that all specialized educational institutions in the country, including branches in the reunified regions, be aligned and develop within a unified framework within the framework of the tasks facing the country. These include the modernization of the housing and utilities sector, so I believe it is crucial to specifically develop this area of the educational process. Furthermore, at the President's direction, we are creating a large campus at MGSU. This will be an excellent platform for student internships. It will become a fully-fledged, world-class educational cluster. I thank the Minister of Science and Higher Education, Valery Nikolaevich Falkov, MGSU Rector, Pavel Alekseevich Akimov, and all members of the Board of Trustees for their joint work," said Marat Khusnullin.

Minister of Education and Science Valery Falkov noted that MGSU is becoming increasingly attractive to applicants year after year. Specifically, 5,447 students were admitted to the university during this year's admissions campaign, and the average Unified State Exam (USE) score among those admitted on state-funded scholarships has also increased.

"Much is being done to promote construction professions. At the same time, it should be noted that the university is demonstrating growth in the volume of research and development work completed in the technical services sector. Last year, work completed amounted to almost 2 billion rubles," said Valery Falkov.

The merger of two key specialized universities in the Donetsk People's Republic – the Azov State Technical University and the Donbas National Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture – with MGSU as new branches was also successfully completed.

According to Pavel Akimov, Rector of NRU MGSU, participation in the Priority 2030 program has become a key factor in the university's development in recent years. "The NRU MGSU Development Program for 2025–2036 presents an updated model for the university's development with an emphasis on achieving technological leadership. The strategic goal of the university's development is the integration of key areas of educational, scientific, innovation, campus, and human resources policies," said Pavel Akimov.

Furthermore, as part of the scientific and practical symposium, the Deputy Prime Minister participated in the plenary session "Technological Leadership in the Construction Industry." Particular attention was paid to the implementation of the new national project "Infrastructure for Life," which comprehensively integrates housing construction, road construction, utilities, transport infrastructure, and public amenities.

"With the President's systematic support, the Government team, working with all regions of the country, is comprehensively building housing, roads, and all infrastructure. Thanks to this, even in the current conditions, we are seeing significant growth. For example, the construction industry has grown by a total of 33% over the past five years. And in the first eight months of this year, we are seeing a 4% increase. Housing remains our primary driver. We are consistently delivering over 100 million square meters of housing per year. We are also focusing on transport accessibility, building roads to ensure convenient access everywhere. One of the key objectives is to improve quality of life by 30% in 2,160 key communities. Overall, the implementation of this national project affects every resident of our country," noted Marat Khusnullin.

As part of the symposium, Marat Khusnullin attended an exhibition of construction technologies and innovations aimed at increasing labor productivity in the industry. The exhibition featured environmentally friendly and highly efficient building materials, project management software, construction robotics, modern utilities technologies, and energy-saving and environmental impact reduction solutions.

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