BRICS Young Diplomats Forum

The BRICS Young Diplomats Forum kicks off in Kazan.

The BRICS Young Diplomats Forum kicks off in Kazan

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, on the screen, speaks at the opening of the BRICS Young Diplomats Forum in Kazan

Gazinur Bakirov, Aide to the President of the Republic of Tatarstan, speaks at the opening of the BRICS Young Diplomats Forum in Kazan

Konstantin Kolpakov, Chair of the Council of Young Diplomats, Russian Foreign Ministry, speaks at the opening of the BRICS Young Diplomats Forum in Kazan

Mahima Sikand, Second Secretary of the Indian Embassy in Russia, speaks at the opening of the BRICS Young Diplomats Forum in Kazan, via videoconference

Xiaoqiang Bian, Third Secretary, Consulate General of China in Kazan, speaks at the opening of the BRICS Young Diplomats Forum in Kazan

Nontobeko Duma, First Secretary of the Embassy of the Republic of South Africa in Russia, speaks at the opening of the BRICS Young Diplomats Forum in Kazan

Thomaz Napoleao, Second Secretary of the Embassy of Brazil in Russia, speaks at the opening of the BRICS Young Diplomats Forum in Kazan

From left: Konstantin Kolpakov, Chair of the Council of Young Diplomats, Russian Foreign Ministry, Xiaoqiang Bian, Third Secretary, Consulate General of China in Kazan, Nontobeko Duma, First Secretary of the Embassy of the Republic of South Africa in Russia, and Thomaz Napoleao, First Secretary of the Embassy of Brazil in Russia, at the opening of the BRICS Young Diplomats Forum in Kazan

Honorary guests and delegation members during a joint photo session at the opening of the BRICS Young Diplomats Forum in Kazan

From left: Tatyana Seliverstova, Head of the International Activity Department, Youth Projects and Programmes Directorate, Federal Agency for Youth Affairs, and Konstantin Kolpakov, Chair of the Council of Young Diplomats, Russian Foreign Ministry, at a news conference following the opening of the BRICS Young Diplomats Forum in Kazan

Members of the delegations to the BRICS Young Diplomats Forum on a tour of the Kazan Kremlin.

Members of the delegations to the BRICS Young Diplomats Forum are seen here against the background of the Saviour Tower during a tour of the Kazan Kremlin.

A member of the delegations to the BRICS Young Diplomats Forum takes a smartphone picture of the Kul Sharif Mosque in Kazan.

Members of the delegations to the BRICS Young Diplomats Forum during a tour of the Kul Sharif Mosque in Kazan

Members of the delegations to the BRICS Young Diplomats Forum during a tour of the Kul Sharif Mosque in Kazan

Members of the delegations to the BRICS Young Diplomats Forum during a tour of the Kul Sharif Mosque in Kazan

Members of the delegations to the BRICS Young Diplomats Forum during a tour of the Kul Sharif Mosque in Kazan

Members of the delegations to the BRICS Young Diplomats Forum during a tour of the Annunciation Cathedral in the Kazan Kremlin.

Nontobeko Duma, First Secretary of the South African Republic's Embassy to Russia, a delegate to the BRICS Young Diplomats Forum, during a tour of the Annunciation Cathedral in the Kazan Kremlin.

Members of the delegations to the BRICS Young Diplomats Forum during a tour of the Kazan State University museum.

Members of the delegations to the BRICS Young Diplomats Forum during a tour of the Kazan State University museum.

Steven Seagal, the Russian Foreign Ministry's representative on Russian-American cultural ties, delivers a speech via videoconference, at the session "Role of young specialists in promoting diplomatic relations/Horizontal diplomacy (transparency and mutual respect" held as part of the BRICS Young Diplomats Forum in Kazan

Steven Seagal, the Russian Foreign Ministry's representative on Russian-American cultural ties, delivers a speech via videoconference, at the session "Role of young specialists in promoting diplomatic relations/Horizontal diplomacy (transparency and mutual respect" held as part of the BRICS Young Diplomats Forum in Kazan

Diana Fazlitdinova, Chair of the Youth Diplomacy Academy, at the working session "Role of young specialists in promoting diplomatic relations/Horizontal diplomacy (transparency and mutual respect" held as part of the BRICS Young Diplomats Forum in Kazan

Tomas Napoleao, Second Secretary of the Brazilian Embassy in Russia, at the working session "Role of young specialists in promoting diplomatic relations/Horizontal diplomacy (transparency and mutual respect" held as part of the BRICS Young Diplomats Forum in Kazan

Tatyana Seliverstova, Head of the International Activities Department of the Directorate of Youth Projects and Programmes of the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs (Rosmolodyozh), at the working session "Role of young specialists in promoting diplomatic relations/Horizontal diplomacy (transparency and mutual respect" held as part of the BRICS Young Diplomats Forum in Kazan

Working session "Role of young specialists in promoting diplomatic relations/Horizontal diplomacy (transparency and mutual respect" held as part of the BRICS Young Diplomats Forum in Kazan

Tatyana Seliverstova, Head of the International Activities Department of the Directorate of Youth Projects and Programmes of the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs (Rosmolodyozh), at the working session "Role of young specialists in promoting diplomatic relations/Horizontal diplomacy (transparency and mutual respect" held as part of the BRICS Young Diplomats Forum in Kazan

Russian State Duma Deputy Irek Zinnurov at the working session "Role of young specialists in promoting diplomatic relations/Horizontal diplomacy (transparency and mutual respect" held as part of the BRICS Young Diplomats Forum in Kazan

Dilbar Sadykova, Director General of the Tourism Development Center of the Tatarstan Republic, at the working session "Role of young specialists in promoting diplomatic relations/Horizontal diplomacy (transparency and mutual respect" held as part of the BRICS Young Diplomats Forum in Kazan

Konstantin Kolpakov, Chair of the Young Diplomats Council of the Russian Foreign Ministry, at the working session "Role of young specialists in promoting diplomatic relations/Horizontal diplomacy (transparency and mutual respect" held as part of the BRICS Young Diplomats Forum in Kazan

From left, on screen: Diana Fazlitdinova, moderator, Chair of the Youth Diplomacy Academy, and Artyom Metelev, Chair of the Association of Volunteer Centers, speak at the working session "Role of young specialists in promoting diplomatic relations/Horizontal diplomacy (transparency and mutual respect" held as part of the BRICS Young Diplomats Forum in Kazan

Tatyana Seliverstova, Head of the International Activities Department of the Directorate of Youth Projects and Programmes of the Federal Agency for Youth Affairs (Rosmolodyozh), and Konstantin Kolpakov, Chair of the Young Diplomats Council of the Russian Foreign Ministry, at the working session "Role of young specialists in promoting diplomatic relations/Horizontal diplomacy (transparency and mutual respect" held as part of the BRICS Young Diplomats Forum in Kazan

Alexander Yakovenko, Rector of the Foreign Ministry Diplomatic Academy, delivers a speech, via videoconference, at the working session "Role of young specialists in promoting diplomatic relations/Horizontal diplomacy (transparency and mutual respect" held as part of the BRICS Young Diplomats Forum in Kazan

Nontobeko Duma, First Secretary of the South African Embassy to Russia, at the working session "Role of young specialists in promoting diplomatic relations/Horizontal diplomacy (transparency and mutual respect" held as part of the BRICS Young Diplomats Forum in Kazan

A notebook that belongs to a participant in the session "Role of young specialists in promoting diplomatic relations/Horizontal diplomacy (transparency and mutual respect" held as part of the BRICS Young Diplomats Forum in Kazan

Konstantin Kolpakov, Chair of the Young Diplomats Council of the Russian Foreign Ministry (on screen), at the working session "Role of young specialists in promoting diplomatic relations/Horizontal diplomacy (transparency and mutual respect" held as part of the BRICS Young Diplomats Forum in Kazan

Moderators: Vladimir Poluektov, Third Secretary of Foreign Policy Planning of the Russian Foreign Ministry, and Dilbar Sadykova, Director General of the Tatarstan Tourism Development Center, at the working session "Developing cooperation within BRICS and BRICS+ (interregional cooperation & promotion of tourism and innovations)" held as part of the BRICS Young Diplomats Forum

Bian Xiaoqiang, Third Secretary of China's General Consulate in Kazan, at the working session "Developing cooperation within BRICS and BRICS+ (interregional cooperation & promotion of tourism and innovations)" held as part of the BRICS Young Diplomats Forum

Yaroslav Lisovolik, Programme Director of the Valdai International Discussion Club, Head of Investment Research at Sberbank, is seen speaking via videoconference at a working session, Development of Cooperation within the BRICS and BRICS+ Format (Interregional Collaboration and the Promotion of Tourism and Innovation, held as part of BRICS Young Diplomats Forum in Kazan

Deputy Kazan Mayor Yevgenia Lodvigova at the working session "Developing cooperation within BRICS and BRICS+ (interregional cooperation & promotion of tourism and innovations)" held as part of the BRICS Young Diplomats Forum

Working session "Developing cooperation within BRICS and BRICS+ (interregional cooperation & promotion of tourism and innovations)" held as part of the BRICS Young Diplomats Forum

Dilbar Sadykova, moderator, Director General of the Tatarstan Tourism Development Center, at the working session "Developing cooperation within BRICS and BRICS+ (interregional cooperation & promotion of tourism and innovations)" held as part of the BRICS Young Diplomats Forum

Vladimir Morozov, Deputy Rector for Human Resources Policy of MGIMO University, at the working session "Developing cooperation within BRICS and BRICS+ (interregional cooperation & promotion of tourism and innovations)" held as part of the BRICS Young Diplomats Forum

Vladimir Poluektov, moderator, Third Secretary of Foreign Policy Planning of the Russian Foreign Ministry, at the working session "Developing cooperation within BRICS and BRICS+ (interregional cooperation & promotion of tourism and innovations)" held as part of the BRICS Young Diplomats Forum

Bulat Akhmetkarimov, Senior Lecturer of the Department of International Relations, Global Politics and Diplomacy, Institute of International Relations of the Kazan Federal University, at the working session "Developing cooperation within BRICS and BRICS+ (interregional cooperation & promotion of tourism and innovations)" held as part of the BRICS Young Diplomats Forum

Diana Kovela, Deputy Director - Head of the International Cooperation Directorate of Ulyanovsk, Cultural Capital Foundation, member of the Eurasian Nations Assembly, at the working session "Developing cooperation within BRICS and BRICS+ (interregional cooperation & promotion of tourism and innovations)" held as part of the BRICS Young Diplomats Forum

Anand Shankar, Second Secretary of the Indian Embassy in Russia, is seen speaking via videoconference at a working session, Development of Cooperation within the BRICS and BRICS+ Format (Interregional Collaboration and the Promotion of Tourism and Innovation, held as part of BRICS Young Diplomats Forum in Kazan