The Ambassador spoke about the happiness of graduates from Venezuela due to their visit to the Scarlet Sails

The Venezuelan graduates were glad to have the opportunity to attend the Scarlet Sails festival in St. Petersburg. This was announced on June 29 by the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the Russian Federation, Jesus Rafael Salazar Velazquez.

"When they got the call and were told that they would be participating in such an important event, they couldn't believe it. You could say that they even fainted from happiness," he told Izvestia.

The diplomat stressed that more than 200 Venezuelan citizens took part in the solemn event.

Scarlet Sails – 2025: live broadcast from St. Petersburg

The main alumni celebration "Scarlet Sails" was held in St. Petersburg on the night of June 29. The ceremony began with a welcoming speech by the Governor of St. Petersburg, Alexander Beglov. And the band "5UTRA" opened the festive concert of the event.

The evening culminated with the passage of the brig Rossiya along the Neva River under scarlet sails and the volleys of real Katyusha launchers (BM-13), which are part of the water and pyrotechnic show of the holiday.

Performers Zara, Bearwolf, Akmal', The 5UTRA group, The Hatters, Agatha Christie and Ivanushki International performed at the event. The headliner this year was People's Artist of Russia Nadezhda Kadysheva.

The Scarlet Sails holiday was revived in 2005 after a long-term hiatus on the initiative of ROSSIYA Joint Stock Bank, the Government of St. Petersburg and Channel Five.