However, the young sun lovers did not come to the place to sunbathe and swim: 3,000 participants from more than 89 countries went though a very tough selection to get a chance to share with Russian leaders their revolutionary ideas on how to change the world and make Russia more advanced.

At Seliger, the most talented, creative and advanced young innovators communicate with other participants, work on each other’s ideas and look for sponsors.

For example, 500 members of the Futurussia community – which is in charge of the Skolkovo project, Russia’s Silicon Valley – arrived at the forum to catch some fresh ideas.

“You can’t just build a techno-park in a field and bring people in, you need to create the right conditions,” Ivan Burtnik, head of Futurussia, told RT. “There are numerous factors, and the recipe for success is very complicated. No one has yet been able to repeat the success of Silicon Valley. Our main task is to work out the magic recipe and give it to Skolkovo's management.”

The participants were especially happy to see Dmitry Medvedev, who arrived at the event to support the young talent. The Russian president, a huge fan of high-tech technologies and an avid Internet user, met the youngsters in person, asked them about their projects, and signed autographs. He also made a short and emotional speech underlining the role of participants in the country’s future.

“We are modernizing the country and its economy,” Medvedev said. “We’ve launched a series of major projects in which we need all of you to actively participate. You are the ones who will define the future of our country.”

Meanwhile, adult participants in an economic forum in Tver region have also been discussing cutting-edge technologies, among them a new passport for Russian citizens in the form of an electronic card. It has already been trialed in some regions and will be launched across Russia in 2011.

“This electronic card will allow to identify the citizen and will perform some very important functions. It will serve as an insurance policy, pension ID, travel document, and many others,” Deputy Prime Minister Sergey Sobyanin said.