“In total, about 1.3 million graduates of the 9th grade and over 724 thousand people plan to take the Main State Exam this year,” RIA Novosti quotes her as saying.

Golikova also noted the need to create psychologically comfortable and safe conditions throughout the entire period of the exam.

Earlier, the head of Rosobrnadzor, Anzor Muzaev, said that everything was ready in Russia for the Unified State Exam this year.

As NSN reported, Deputy Mayor for Social Development Anastasia Rakova said that in Moscow, 88 thousand schoolchildren and graduates of previous years will take the exam in 2022.