Public diplomats from 19 countries will meet in the Finals of the International Contest "Leader of Public Diplomacy — 2025"
A key feature of 2025: for the first time, Past Laureates from different countries acted as mentors, along with members of the International Organizing Committee. They helped the contestants finalize their projects, unlock their potential, and prepare for the finals.
The final and the award ceremony will be held on September 20−21 in Moscow as part of the World Public Assembly (WPA). It is there that the Laureates of I, II and III degrees will be determined.
Svetlana Smirnova, Chairperson of the General Council of the World Peoples Assembly and the main ideologist of the Contest, announced the list of finalists and invited them to participate (and possibly speak) in the Assembly’s events.:
Finalists of the IV International Contest
"Leader of Public Diplomacy":
Abdennour Haj-Farhat Marwa (Tunis), Press Secretary of the Tunisian-Russian Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Tourism.
Alexandrova Elena Alexandrovna (Spain), Head of the Russia-Spain Historical Memory Preservation Project and "The North — USSR Children of the War" Association.
Barilo Elizaveta Alekseevna (Russia), Master’s Degree in the Russian RESOURCE Program at the Presidential Academy, Head of the BRICS Project Lab Development Department.
Bhardwaj Tatiana Victorovna (India), General Secretary of the Russian House Foundation, Delhi, India.
Vera Cervantes Victor Daniel, (Peru), astronomer, National Coordinator for Public Relations and Education of the International Astronomical Union in Peru, member of the SETI Standing Committee of the International Academy of Astronautics, participant of the Permanent Seminar on Astronomy and Space Sciences at the National University of the Mayor of San Marcos.
Gorina Natalia Nikolaevna (Italy), founder of the Russian World Educational Center in Rome, co-author of textbooks for bilingual children.
Zelenskaya Nina Anatolyevna (South Africa), Director of the Russian Children’s Center in Cape Town, Deputy Chairman of the CSRC of South Africa
Kapusta Evgeniya Olegovna (Russia), Deputy Chairman of the Commission for the Establishment and Operation of Regional Branches of the Russian-Chinese Friendship Society, member of the Central Board of the RCFS.
Kvartnikov Pavel Vyacheslavovich (Russia), Head of the Department for International Affairs, S.A. Yesenin Ryazan State University.
Ketova Galina Sergeevna (Kyrgyzstan), Honored Artist of Kyrgyzstan, Director, President of the public Foundation "Union of Compatriots", member of the CSRC of Kyrgyzstan, Vice-president of the Union of Theatrical Figures of Kyrgyzstan, board member of the World Federation of Russian-speaking Women, creator of the GALA THEATER youth theater studio.
Koreeda Elena (Japan) Founder and President of KOREEDA ENTERPRISES Co., Ltd., Founder & CEO of the Women’s Business Forum in Japan "Synergy of Opportunities" & "Leading Ladies Business Alliance in Japan", an expert in international trade, business management and development, and intercultural communications in Japan.
Makarova Anastasia Vladimirovna (Serbia), co-founder of the Russian-Serbian center "Piemont", organizer of the international maternity and Beauty contest — "Slavic Beauty", Ms. Planet Winner 2021.
Mben II Elena Taimurazovna (Cameroon), lecturer at the Russian Theatre Institute and Head of the Russian Theater Studio TEREMOK, at the International Russian School of the Republic of Cameroon
Migits Marina Anatolyevna (Belarus), Deputy Director for Educational Work at the Borkovskaya Secondary School State Educational Institution, coordinator of the International Garden of Peace and Memory for Defenders and Workers of the Fatherland from Grateful Descendants Project.
Mirnaya Galina Alexandrovna (Russia), teacher of the highest category, Head of the club "Young Diplomats of Kuban", holder of the badge "Honorary Mentor".
Moshalkova Valentina Viktorovna (Indonesia), social entrepreneur. Founder of AVATAR Project Lab and Avatar Camps (Indonesia), Kaluga International School, a network of kindergartens, an expert in international education, the author of the educational model of bilingual schools and programs for future leaders, a graduate of Skolkovo and a "Female Leader. International stream"
Nigmatullin Ramil Marsovich (Russia), Head of the Molodaya Gvardiya School Museum, member of the Russian Union of Journalists.
Safa Svetlana Dmitrievna (Lebanon), Representative of the CSRC in Africa and the Middle East.
Souan Ayub (Morocco), captain of a ship of the III rank, student, recipient of the medal of the President of the Russian Federation for his contribution to the development of youth policy and culture, winner of the Student of the Year nomination Foreign Student of the Year.
Tikhonova Tatiana Stanislavovna (Italy), President of the Italian Association of T-Fashion, member of the Coordinating Council of Compatriots in Italy.
Tkachev Evgeny Leonidovich (Poland), Ambassador and project manager for the preservation of historical memory of the Russian Society "ZNANIE" in Poland.
Churkina Larisa Sergeevna (France), teacher of foreign languages + RCT, Ambassador of the Russian language in the world.
Shilman (Tulina) Nadezhda Nikolaevna (Kazakhstan), journalist, editor-in-chief of the Atyrau socio-political newspaper "Caspian Commune", deputy of the regional maslikhat.
Shirinov Olimbek Makhmadbekovich (Tajikistan), member of the Council of ANO "Eurasia", political commentator.
Shcherbinina Irina Vladimirovna (Russia), founder of the international volunteer movement for firefighters of the DPR "Together we are Power", volunteer of the Federation of Sports and Health Clubs "Voskhod", delegate of the international Russophile movement.
Now the finalists will be able to see each other in person, get to know each other, and team up to take the final tests on September 20−21 in Moscow on the sidelines of the World Public Assembly.
