Russia Hosts Soviet Style Youth Festival As Putin Woos Under 30s

Russian President Vladimir Putin is on Sunday expected to speak at a youth festival launched in the Soviet era, in his latest effort to appeal to young Russians ahead of the presidential election next year.

The World Festival of Youth and Students was initiated by the USSR and the Eastern Bloc after World War II and Russia is hosting the 19th festival Sunday in Sochi’s Olympic park on the Black Sea, following a Soviet-style parade in Moscow Saturday that boasted 10,000 foreign guests.

Putin, who is widely expected to run for re-election next year though has not formally announced his participation, will visit the opening in Sochi along with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and other officials.

The forum, which uses guerrilla icon Che Guevara as a symbol,  has the motto “For Peace, Solidarity and Social Justice, we Struggle Against Imperialism.”

The event’s website says organizers expect 20,000 guests in Sochi from 150 different countries.

Russia’s embassy in Pyongyang said North Korea will also send a delegation of “Komsomol” – the Soviet youth movement.

Re-creating 1957

Source Article from https://zionistreport.com/2017/10/russia-hosts-soviet-style-youth-festival-putin-woos-30s/

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