In the Volga region, the results of the competition "Together into the Digital Future" have been summarized.

      On May 29, 2026, at 15:02, the company "Rostelecom" summarized the results of the regional stage of the project "Together into the Digital Future" in the Volga region. Journalists and bloggers from the regions of the Volga Federal District submitted 391 works for the competition.

      The largest number of materials for the competition came from Nizhny Novgorod, Penza, and Kirov. Traditionally, the most popular nomination is "Internet Media" (94 materials).

      The winners and prize-winners of the regional stage are recognized as follows:

      in the nomination "Print Media" —

      1st place: Alexandra Makhlina (Nizhny Novgorod, newspaper "Nizhny Novgorod News", It's time for the hacker to change his hat);

      2nd place: Sergey Kostenko (Nizhny Novgorod, magazine "Sobaka.ru", Interview with the creator of SOTA+);

      3rd place: Andrey Fedorov (Cheboksary, Modern Library modern-lib.ru, Man vs. AI: a game of cat and mouse);

      in the nomination "Television and Video Content in Media" —

      1st place: Maxim Pugachev (Orenburg, GTRK "Orenburg", Sports Programming);

      2nd place: Sergey Shcheplyagin (Nizhny Novgorod, NNTV, Russian scientists created an app that determines the state of intoxication by voice);

      3rd place: Yulia Vazhenina (Cheboksary, National Television and Radio Company of Chuvashia, A series of 3 videos on preventing fraudulent activities in the IT sector);

      in the nomination "Radio and Podcasts" —

      1st place: Alexander Firstov (Nizhny Novgorod, GTRK "Nizhny Novgorod", program "Open Studio": topic "City Biometric Face Recognition System");

      2nd place: Margarita Lvova (Cheboksary, GTRK "Chuvashia", Now the visually impaired can fully utilize the internet);

      3rd place: Konstantin Myagchilov (Yoshkar-Ola, GTRK "Mari El", Conversations about the important - Digital Teacher);

      in the nomination "Internet Media" —

      1st place: Tatyana Kolchina (Kazan, KazanFirst, Neural networks against traffic jams: when will Tatarstan have its own metaverse);

      2nd place: Yulia Khaliullina (Ufa, "Arguments and Facts - Bashkortostan", Printing of organs and clothing from falling. What is being done in Bashkiria with the help of AI);

      3rd place: Farida Yakusheva (Kazan, newspaper "Republic of Tatarstan", The robot will milk, AI will calculate, the milker will caress: how far progress has come on Tatarstan farms);

      in the nomination "Social Media" —

      1st place: Alexey Lisovitsky (Samara, website "Holography", Russian Culture 360: immersive cinema against the current);

      2nd place: Eduard Vazhrov (Cheboksary, blog of the information site "Cheboksary.ru", How vibe coding helped me solve the problem of mass deleting posts in a VK group);

      3rd place: Alexander Kharitonov (Saratov, website "Tune Yourself", Who will AI replace in the near future - who should be worried?).

      Candidates for victory at the federal level are:

      Yulia Chagaeva in the special nomination "Cyber Risks in the Children's Environment" (Nizhny Novgorod, GTRK "Nizhny Novgorod", Incoming from the curator);

      Olga Gilyazeva in the special nomination "Digitalization of Industries" (Kirov, newspaper "Territory of OMK", How the pipe was personalized);

      Neroda Margarita in the special nomination "Russian Solutions for the IT Industry: Challenges and Prospects" (Saratov, IA "Business Vector", The Saratov company "Digital Violin" teaches computer vision on land and underwater).

      Evgeny Petrov, Vice President, Director of the Nizhny Novgorod branch of PJSC "Rostelecom":

      "Interest in technology is only growing every year, and journalism is definitely following this trend. It is the representatives of the media who first identify trends and fix digital breakthroughs. It is noteworthy that materials about artificial intelligence were submitted to the competition long before neural networks became commonplace. Today, the topic of AI is key in the works of participants. At the same time, issues of cybercrime are becoming increasingly acute in the materials. It is valuable that journalists create content that not only informs but also warns."

      The dark side of the digital world was discussed in her work "Incoming from the Curator" by correspondent and host of GTRK "Nizhny Novgorod" Yulia Chagaeva. The film about the recruitment of children on the internet features real stories of teenagers.

      Yulia Chagaeva:

      "It's great that the project has a special nomination 'Cyber Risks in the Children's Environment'. This is indeed an important and timely topic. Our film openly discusses the recruitment of children into criminal communities. For me, it is important that this work has been noticed and supported. Thanks to the competition, more parents and teenagers will be able to watch the film and assess the risks."

      The results of the competition will be announced in early July in Moscow. The winners - participants who took first places in the main and special nominations at the federal level - will visit the Arctic in August.

      The project "Together into the Digital Future" is conducted with the partnership participation of the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation, the largest Russian software developer for managing dynamic IT infrastructure "Basis", as well as the Alliance for the Protection of Children in the Digital Environment.

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