At the closing ceremony of the 2015 International Olympiad in Informatics in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Russian delegation was handed the IOI flag. For the first time in history Russia will host the games in Kazan on August 12-19 2016, and expects around 300 high-school students from 83 countries. The main venue for the Olympiad will be Kazan Federal Univeristy.  

The countdown has begun. 

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