In the Year of the Family, the semi-final of the most popular contest of the presidential platform "Russia - a Country of Opportunities" was held in St. Petersburg at the Expoforum Exhibition and Convention Center. It was attended by 157 family teams from the North-West Federal District. Among them was the family of Samat Iglikov, a student of the Institute of Applied Chemistry and Ecology of Ƶ.
"Everyone was encouraged to participate in the contest by his mother. There was a rather difficult distance stage, where we all the family performed tasks in video format. We coped and made it to the semi-finals! And according to the results we got the opportunity to show ourselves in the finals. It was exciting, but we were confident that we would win, because we are bright and talented," Samat said.