Culture and leisure

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

The domestic e-book market has returned to its previous growth rates: in the third quarter of 2023, it added 31 percent, increasing to 3.3 billion rubles.

More than 4.7 million tourists visited Crimea in ten months of 2023, and the tourist flow is expected to grow to 5 million by the end of the year, Vadim Volchenko

During the work of the international exhibition-forum "Russia" in Moscow at VDNH on the initiative of the national tourism portal Russia.

The most popular hobbies among Russians in 2023 were fashion and beauty, cooking and gardening

The concert of singer Diana Arbenina and the group "Night Snipers" scheduled in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, has been canceled.

In Russia, it was proposed to create a domestic analogue of the Eurovision song contest called "Intervision". This was stated by the Minister of Culture of Russia Olga Lyubimova.

The ranks of the foreign Cossacks continue to strengthen, despite the anti-Russian campaign launched in the West.

The study showed that if the price of a motorhome was affordable, 77 percent of Russians traveling by car would be ready to buy it, such figures are cited by the Nationwide Association of Motor Tourism and Caravanning.

The delegation of the DPRK headed by the Minister of Culture Seung Jong-gyu went to Russia to participate in the IX St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum.