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A comprehensive display of one of the most important phenomena in Russian art of the second half of the 20th century comes to London. The Calvert 22 Foundation presents the UK`s first major survey of the highly-influential Moscow Conceptual School.
Canadian alternative rockers who have managed not only to win the hearts of their homeland, but also to achieve worldwide success, are heading to Moscow on their world tour in support of a new album.
This year`s winner of the coveted Golden George is the Spanish movie "The Waves", directed by Alberto Morais. Fittingly, the Stanislavsky award for acting excellence was presented to Helen Mirren, a British actress with Russian roots.
Twenty-year-old Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov has become the Grand Prix winner at the 14th International Tchaikovsky Competition. Apart from the coveted gold medal and a $29,000 prize, he has also picked up an Audience Choice Award.
London`s National Theater has embarked on a century-long story of interweaving of social changes and personal drama. British director Howard Davies is trying his hand on "The Cherry Orchard" by the great Russian playwright Anton Chekhov.
The international contemporary dance festival DanceInversion has opened in Moscow`s Stanislavsky and Nimerovich-Danchenko Musical Theater after a three-year break.
A Russian team has beaten the world record in assembling a giant jigsaw puzzle. A picture of 24,000 pieces sized 4 x 1.5 meters was complete in 11 hours 32 minutes and 53 seconds, which is 2.5 hours faster than the previous world record.
Google has recently addressed The State Peterhof Museum Reserve near St. Petersburg with a proposal to launch a virtual tour around the palace and park ensemble. The Peterhof Museum plans to accept the offer.
The International Music&Film Festival headed by prominent Serbian director Emir Kusturica is set to kick off in Latvia on July 11. Its extensive program includes Russian film screenings, a rock concert and meetings with prominent directors.
Russian musicians are fighting for the top places at Tchaikovsky Competition in all categories except cello.
Prepare to hear one of the gentlest voices of the modern pop music scene. The three-time Grammy winner Seal is heading to St. Petersburg and Moscow to present his latest work on June 28 and 30 accordingly.
One of the most charismatic Italian actors, Michele Placido, has presented his latest crime drama Angels of Evil at the Moscow International Film Festival.
It is time for alternative music fans to celebrate as two major US acts, Papa Roach from California and Slipknot from Iowa, are heading to Moscow with two gigs on June 28 and 29 accordingly.
Stargazers in the Russian capital will have a chance to observe an unusual phenomenon this Thursday as the Dark of the Moon will be exposed in broad daylight in the heart of Moscow.
A pot-pourri of different cultures, languages and religions - the Moscow International film festival is on the go from June 23-July 2, with the Russian capital turning into a platform for a host of exciting cinematic experiments.
One of Russia`s most skillful directors, Sergey Bodrov, is set to work on a big-budget Hollywood drama The Seventh Son, starring Julianne Moore and Jeff Bridges.
An exhibition dedicated to one of the key art movements of the 20th Century - the so-called "Nonconformist Soviet art" - has opened in the Russian capital.
Like elsewhere in the world including London and Hague, St. Petersburg has become the first Russian city to receive its miniature copy. A total of ten historical architectural monuments have now got their little twins.
The living example of how friendship and nationality-based connections within the Armenian Diaspora of LA have transformed into a major international success on the musical stage is set to perform live in the Russian capital.
A painting by the leading light of Russian landscape, Ivan Aivazovsky, whose works fetch seven-figure prices at auctions around the world, has fetched over $1 million at an auction in Sweden.
Russian art has proved to be in demand at the largest art festival in the world, Art Basel, in Switzerland, a Mecca for art collectors from around the world.
Some 17 years have passed and the epic reconstruction of the Moscow Planetarium is finally over. On Monday, the museum complex that has gown almost six-fold, becoming one of the largest in the world, opened to the public.
Russia`s first-ever horror film festival "After Dark" will kick off in the old town of Vologda, about 500km to the north-west of Moscow, on June 14.
`The Twilight Saga: Eclipse` won best male and best female performances for lead stars - and real life couple - Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, while the pair also won the Best Kiss prize at the event at the Universal Studios` Gibson Amphitheatre.