Culture and leisure

A festive concert on the occasion of Victory Day was held in the city of Ivangorod on the border of Russia and Estonia. As Alexander Drozdenko, the governor of the Leningrad Region

A squad of rescuers of the Russian Emergencies Ministry and climbers from Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics raised the Victory Banner on Elbrus on the 78th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War

The box office of the film "The Challenge" reached 1 billion rubles in Russia.

Singer and blogger Daria Zoteeva, the so-called Instasamka, was previously checked by the Investigative Committee and the Prosecutor's Office

The number of trips of foreign citizens to Russia in the first three months of this year increased by 17.6% compared to the same period in 2022, this is stated in the published statistics of the FSB border service.

Soviet and Russian fashion designer and designer Valentin Yudashkin has died at the age of 59. This was reported to Channel One by his wife Marina Yudashkina on Tuesday, May 2.

In 2022, despite the suspension of monetization in Russia, the profit of the Russian TikTok (TikTok Rus LLC) it grew 9.8 times compared to a year earlier and amounted to 530.3 million rubles.

The demand for business events in Russia in the first quarter of this year increased by 20% year-on-year. A slight increase was also noted in comparison with 2019.

The ruling coalition of the Riga City Council has agreed to demolish the monument to the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin, said one of the authors of the initiative

The St. George Ribbon campaign has begun in Russia, this year it will be held in all Russian regions, including new ones

Russian cinemas have suspended the screening of foreign films according to the "gray" scheme. The sessions temporarily disappeared against the background of the premiere of the domestic film "Challenge"

The cost of summer holidays in Russia this year compared to last year has increased by 15% on average, in some regions the increase was up to 50%

VK has launched a program to support school theaters, in which clubs will be able to show their creativity online, and teachers will learn about content creation and community management tools.

The Russian pop singer Philip Kirkorov was sued again and demanded 4.5 million rubles. This is reported by Komsomolskaya Pravda.

 The creators of the film "Cheburashka" directed by Dmitry Dyachenko are working on the continuation of a full-length art picture.