Culture and leisure

Millions of Muslims celebrate Eid al-Fitr today. One of the main holidays in Islam, the strict fast and the holy month of Ramadan ended.

Concerts of the Lube group began to be massively canceled in Russian cities due to the hospitalization of soloist Nikolai Rastorguev. This is reported by the Telegram channel Mash.

The first two mental health centers will open in Moscow in a pilot mode in the coming months, Anastasia Rakova, Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Social Development, said in an interview.

Director Fyodor Bondarchuk admitted that he is afraid of the Russian actor and artistic director of the Chekhov Moscow Art Theater Konstantin Khabensky. He is quoted aif.ru .

The malfunction of the VKontakte social network caused by problems in the operation of its infrastructure has been eliminated

It will take more than one year to stabilize the situation in the film distribution market, now cinemas lack about 50 films a year, Culture Minister Olga Lyubimova told Rossiya-24 TV channel.

Natalia Kasatkina, People's Artist of the RSFSR and head of the Moscow Classical Ballet Theater, died at the age of 90. This was announced by her assistant Valentina Buryanova, RIA Novosti reported on Thursday, March 14.

Italian singer Enzo Ginazzi, known under the creative pseudonym Pupo, announced an upcoming trip to a concert in Russia, saying that he was going to the "trenches" for the "cause of Peace."

Blogger Danya Milokhin said that he wants to enter the boxing ring only against foreigners. He told the Sport 24 portal about this.

Uzbek singer Nargiz Zakirova has decided to renounce her homeland. She announced this in the comments under her Instagram account post (the social network is banned in the Russian Federation

The writer Daria Dontsova spoke about her departure from Russia. Her words are quoted by TASS.

The tourist flow from the Middle East to Moscow has recovered by more than 50% after the pandemic, and the economic contribution of these travelers to the tourism industry

Egypt is reducing prices for holidays, but Turkey will still lead in the number of travelers from Russia this summer, Dmitry Gorin, vice president of the Russian Union of Travel Industry (PCT)

About 1.2 million tourists from Russia visited Egypt in 2023, Russian Ambassador to Cairo Georgy Borisenko said in an interview with RIA Novosti on the eve of Diplomatic Worker's Day, celebrated on February 10.

The flow of tourists from Russia to Uzbekistan in 2024 may be increased by 2 times, up to 1.46 million people, follows from the decree of the country's president Shavkat Mirziyoyev, which is available to RIA Novosti.