Culture and leisure

The birth rate in Russia has decreased as a result of the entry into the reproductive age of women born in the 1990s, when there was a decline in statistics in the country.

Kiev's persecution of canonical Orthodoxy may cause the largest intra-confessional conflict in the modern history of Europe,

Russian singer Oleg Gazmanov received 17 million rubles from the budget for the project of the patriotic song "Springs"

77 percent of Russian tourists would like to visit China for various purposes, according to a survey by MTS Travel hotel booking service.

The "Harry Potter" and "Fantastic Beasts" franchises will be removed from Russian online cinemas from February 1. This is reported by RBC with reference to the press service of Amediateka.

The share of international transactions in the revenue of the Riki Group of companies, known for the Smeshariki and Fixiki animation franchises, decreased to 25-30% last year.

There is a possibility of blocking YouTube video hosting in Russia, said Oleg Matveichev, deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy.

The winner of the title "Miss Russia — 2022" 22-year-old Anna Linnikova reached the semifinals of the beauty contest "Miss Universe", the press service of the project reported.

Musicians who left Russia, Noize MC (recognized as a foreign agent in the Russian Federation), Monetochka, "Porn Films", "Leg Cramped!" and 12 other artists recorded a collection of songs based on poems by Russian emigrant

Russian singer, composer and songwriter SHAMAN joined the action "The best soldiers of the World" and spoke to the participants of a special military operation

The box office receipts of Russian cinemas in 2022 amounted to almost 24 billion rubles, which is 42% less than in 2021, the Cinema Fund reported.

Russian Russian Art Museum in Malaga was saved from possible closure by a British enthusiast who offered to exhibit her private collection of 76 paintings by Russian artists

During the first three days of rental, the fees of the new version of Cheburashka exceeded 1 billion rubles, setting a record.

Producer Joseph Prigozhin suggested following the example of the Kyrgyz authorities and banning Russian artists from singing to the soundtrack.

The mass departure from Russia of the "grandees" of world film production, primarily the five largest Hollywood studios Warner Bros., Sony, Disney,