Culture and leisure

The Cinema Foundation will support the production of films about Alexander Pushkin, Peter I, the new film adaptation of "Pinocchio" and the prequel of the franchise "The Last Hero", the press service of the Foundation reported.

The Zelenograd District Court of Moscow fined Eksmo publishing house for an article on LGBT propaganda (the international LGBT social movement is recognized as an extremist organization and banned in Russia).

The State Tretyakov Gallery will present exhibitions in China in 2024 and 2025, preliminary agreements have already been reached

Publishing houses have noted an increase in the number of domestic writers. For example, in 2021, MIF had 20% of Russian authors

People's Artist of Russia Nikolai Baskov has closed his film studio "Royal Mountain", which he founded with actress Alexandra Yakovleva. This is reported by the Telegram channel Mash.

In Moscow, two Chinese citizens wanted to take pictures of a panorama near the Polytechnic Museum on a Mavic 3 Pro quadcopter and ended up in the police. This was reported by the Baza publication in the Telegram channel.

The ski resorts Krasnaya Polyana, Arkhyz and Lagonaki intend to build 550 kilometers of trails and in the future they are preparing to receive at least five million tourists a year, Vadim Trukshin

The State Duma Commission to investigate the facts of foreign interference in the internal affairs of Russia has asked the Ministry of Justice to conduct an audit against the writer Boris Akunin

The Pushkin Institute of the Russian Language has chosen "neural network" as the word of 2023, according to experts, it captures the most relevant trends of the outgoing year

Uzbekistan supports Russia's initiative to hold the Intervision song contest for the CIS countries, Uzbek Prime Minister Abdullah Aripov said on Monday.

A cat was caught in the Hermitage, who lived in the air duct of the Winter Palace premises, and at night left traces of his stay in the exhibition halls, said Andrey Fedorov, a volunteer at the Koshkispas animal rescue center.

Rapper Macan became the "Artist of the Year" for the second year in a row, his tracks have gained more than a billion listens. About this reported the press service of VKontakte.

In the mountains of Sochi, weather conditions made it possible to form a stable snow cover for the preparation of ski slopes, so Rosa Khutor is ready to open them for skiing already on December 8

A special service aggregator of opportunities will be launched in Moscow on the eve of the International Day of Disabled People, Anastasia Rakova