Culture and leisure

Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a ceremony in the Kremlin awarding prizes in the field of literature and art for works for children and youth, as well as awards for young artists.

Bali immigration officers monitor the social networks of Russian travelers, checking for possible violations of visa rules, thanks to this method

The Russian film company Bazelevs, known for the film series "Christmas Trees" and "Bitter!" and the film adaptation of the novel "Night Watch"

VK has sold the composition of the esports team Virtus.pro for 174 million, it follows from the company's statements.

According to the results of last year, more than 22 thousand tons of wild plants were harvested in Russia — these are nuts, berries and mushrooms.

In 2023, Russian tourists began to spend more on traveling in Russia and abroad. This was announced by Maya Lomidze, executive director of the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR),

The Academy Award in the nomination "Best Documentary" was awarded to the motion picture "Navalny" (Navalny) by American director Daniel Roer.

The governor of the Indonesian island of Bali, Wayan Koster, proposed to stop issuing single-entry tourist visas on arrival to tourists

The Novosibirsk artist and founder of the art gallery "84" Margarita Moreva had her paintings stolen, which she was taking to an exhibition in Bali. The artist told the NGS correspondent about this when she returned to Novosibirsk.

Russian animation projects have become the highest-grossing in foreign film distribution. This is reported by Vedomosti with reference to the data of the Film Distributor Bulletin.

Russian tourists massively preferred holidays abroad to traveling around the country on spring holidays. This was told to Izvestia in "Fly.ru".

The authors of the project were documentalists of the French publication Omerta, which is engaged in investigative journalism.

The screening of the Russian TV series "Sorge" (Japanese title – "Women who loved a spy") will begin in Japan on February 25, Katsunori Ito

The fourth part of the crime thriller "John Wick" with Keanu Reeves will officially be released in Russia, Kinopoisk reports.

Almost 18 million people visited Moscow in 2022, which is almost a million more than in 2021, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said in his personal blog.