The results of the 14th Russian National Online Championship for school and university students, Study the Internet & Govern It! have been finalized.
In 2025, 5,500 school and university students from 45 Russian regions registered for the Championship. For the first time in several years, the Vladimir Region took the lead in participant numbers, surpassing Moscow and the Moscow Region, which traditionally held the leading spots. Other regions at the top of the ranking include the Kirov, Yaroslavl, and Sverdlovsk Regions. A total of 400 participants formed 170 teams to complete tasks collaboratively.
During the competition, individual participants and teams prepared several creative projects – including news articles, social media posts, and a line of souvenir merchandise – and completed 12 interactive assignments in the online tournament on the theme “Multilingual Internet: 15 Years of the .РФ Domain.”
The 2025 Championship was organized, as usual, by the Coordination Center for TLD .RU/.РФ, with support from Rostelecom and the .ДЕТИ domain.
Here are the winners of the 14th Russian National Online Championship Study the Internet & Govern It!, based on total scores across both stages:
Individual standings
- 1st place: Zakhar Gvozdikov (St Petersburg)
- 2nd place: Anastasia Samokhvalova (Novosibirsk Region)
- 3rd place: Yevgeniya Prazdnichnykh (Lipetsk Region)
- 4th place: Karina Khamiyeva (Novosibirsk Region)
- 5th place: Nikita Martynov (Komi Republic)
Team standings
- 1st place: Team ProVersium, Captain Maria Shengel (Kaliningrad Region)
- 2nd place: Team Glimmer, Captain Marina Drobychevskaya (Sverdlovsk Region)
- 3rd place: Team Classmates, Captain Olesya Basina (Republic of Karelia)
- 4th place: Team Tsiolkovsky, Captain Tatyana Dubenkova (Omsk Region)
- 5th place: Team IsDigit, Captain Alexandra Artamonova (Smolensk Region)
Winners of the special nomination Best Souvenir Merchandise Design for Study the Internet & Govern It!
Individual standings
- 1st place: Zakhar Gvozdikov (St Petersburg)
- 2nd place: Yevgeniya Prazdnichnykh (Lipetsk Region)
- 3rd place: Yekaterina Ponomareva (Lipetsk Region)
- 4th place: Anastasia Samokhvalova (Novosibirsk Region)
- 5th place: Nikita Martynov (Komi Republic)
Team standings
- 1st place: Team ProVersium, Captain Maria Shengel (Kaliningrad Region)
- 2nd place: Team Kodir Alushta, Captain Lenara Lutsenko (Republic of Crimea)
- 3rd place: Team The Best, Captain Anna Nedugova (Perm Territory)
- 4th place: Team Creative Studio, Captain Ksenia Vorontsova (Sverdlovsk Region)
- 5th place: Team Alushta Kodir, Captain Lenara Lutsenko (Republic of Crimea)
Winners of the special nomination Best in Online Tournament
Individual standings
- 1st place: Anastasia Samokhvalova (Novosibirsk Region)
- 2nd place: Karina Khamiyeva (Novosibirsk Region)
- 3rd place: Sergey Voychak (Novosibirsk Region)
Team standings
- 1st place: Team Friendly Family, Captain Yulia Kirsanova (Novosibirsk Region)
- 2nd place: Team Novomikhailovsky Internet Researchers, Captain Anatoly Kirsanov (Novosibirsk Region)
- 3rd place: Team Classmates, Captain Olesya Basina (Republic of Karelia)
Special prize For Best Championship Post
Individual standings
- Semyon Malyshev (Samara Region)
Team standings
- Team Tsiolkovsky, Captain Tatyana Dubenkova (Omsk Region)
“This Championship has been the most inspiring for creativity in its entire history. For the first time, participants worked on a task whose results we fully intend to implement – namely, designing unique souvenirs for participants in the online and offline activities of the Study the Internet & Govern It! project,” commented Victoria Bunchuk, Head of Social Projects at the Coordination Center for TLD .RU/.РФ. “As a result, the participants proved once again the immense potential within each of them – their imagination is truly boundless. That was precisely the goal! Thanks to their fresh, youthful perspective, we will be able to delight the project’s fans with stylish and practical gadgets. The best ideas will be brought to life in the very near future.”
Winners in the individual and team categories will receive diplomas and valuable prizes – gift certificates from the OZON marketplace, Alpina Publishing, or the LitRes digital and audiobook library. Team captains of prize-winning teams will also receive awards, including the book International Internet Governance and a set of souvenirs from the Coordination Center and its educational projects.
Participants who did not win prizes may download a personalized online certificate from their personal accounts.
