Moscow hosts Shum youth media award ceremony

The Rossiya National Centre in Moscow hosted the Shum youth media and journalism award ceremony on October 17.

First deputy presidential chief of staff Sergei Kiriyenko said the award received 15,000 applications and more than half a million votes were cast for participants.

Children aged eight to 13 participated for the first time this season, with a separate Bright Start category.

The award is organised by Rosmolodyozh and Kaliningrad region's government through the Shum youth centre under the Youth and Children national project.