Culture and leisure

Russian Alexandra Goryachkina beat Nurgul Salimova from Bulgaria in a tiebreak and became the winner of the World Chess Cup in Baku.

The Tyumen cinema was the first in Russia to show the acclaimed film "Barbie". True, this is a pirated screen copy of the picture, but the company honestly warned the audience about it.

The Emmy Television Award ceremony, which was originally scheduled to take place on September 18, will take place on January 15, 2024. This was reported on Thursday on the official website.

The Russian State Museum of the Arctic and Antarctic will hold a festival "A Little about Dogs" in St. Petersburg on August 12, dedicated to the life and work of these animals in harsh polar conditions

The Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation has received confirmation from the Chinese side that it is ready to start accepting Russians under the agreement on visa-free group exchanges

Ukrainian singers Svetlana Loboda and Max Barskikh (real name — Nikolay Bortnik*) refused to perform on the same stage with singer Valery Meladze. This is reported by Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

The Russian art groups "Chorus of the Turkish" and "Soprano" performed on Wednesday in Buenos Aires with the concert "Songs of Unity", which completed their Latin American tour.

On July 30 in Pyongyang, at a concert dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the end of the Korean War, the composition of a native of the Tula region SHAMAN "Let's get Up" was performed.

First deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Culture Elena Drapeko said that the artists who took part in the music festival of singer Laima Vaikule "Rendezvous" will not be able to return to Russia.

Singer SHAMAN (Yaroslav Dronov) held a large-scale concert this weekend in his native Novomoskovsk at the Chemist Stadium.

The Georgian city of Batumi is no longer listed in the list of stops on the routes of the Astoria Grand cruise liner, according to data on the official website of the general agency for the sale of cruises.

The Russian dramedy "Hello, Mom" with Aglaya Tarasova will be presented at the San Sebastian International Film Festival in Spain, which will be held from September 22 to 30, the press service of the online cinema Start reported.

The film "Barbie" starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling led the rental with fees of 95 million rubles in Russia and the CIS over the past weekend, the portal reported kinobusiness.com.

The Russian tourist flow to Sri Lanka in the first half of 2023 increased almost three times compared to the same period last year

American actor Johnny Depp has published a video message to Russian viewers on the eve of the screening of the film with his participation "Jeanne Dubarry".