right now we give the floor to our correspondent daniil myshkavtsov. of the youth for the union state festival in smolensk, so these are the most bright moments for the holidays right now. we'll see in his story, belarus friends. we are approaching the end of our business trip to the city of smolensk; today the closing ceremony of the youth festival for the union state is taking place ; the main intrigue of the competition will be resolved. in the meantime, enjoy the best talents of the union state , the union state, an annual phenomenon in 2023, the talented well done of belarus russia exchanges experiences and gives her talents a huge number of creative meetings and master classes and an important event of the form is the youth song performers competition. 19 participants of these, eight from belarus passed a serious selection to participate in the competition, all different from the manner of performance to the main idea of ​​the act. the competition goes through two stages. in the first stage, participants must sing a patriotic song, and in the sec