The kremlin will spend almost 80 million rubles ($650,000) to hold two competitions with prizes and an award ceremony in moscow in 2023 and 2024, according to documentation found by the Agency on the state procurement website.
Rossotrudnichestvo held the first such competition in 2022: the award, called Honest Look cost the budget 40 million rubles ($325 million). This year, the agency is again selecting a contractor for the competition.
The award ceremony in moscow alone, with a banquet, ticket payments and accommodation in a 4-star hotel for 100 participants, will cost 11 million rubles.
Journalists from 79 countries, including the United States and the European Union, will be invited to participate. The prize fund will amount to 2.5 million rubles.
The project's objectives are as follows:
Last year, according to a report on the Honest Look website, there were five winners. Each of them was to receive half a million rubles ($4,000) out of a prize fund of 2.5 million rubles.
The prize received 118 applications from 28 countries, including Ireland, France, Argentina, and Turkey.
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