Delegations from 191 countries attended the 2026 International Festival of Youth (IFY), First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration and Chairman of the Organizing Committee for the IFY Sergey Kiriyenko said.

“Delegations from 191 countries gathered here in Yekaterinburg, in the Urals. The whole world was here - the whole world,” he said at a news conference following the festival.