Universal Pictures studio charged Russian producer Timur Bekmambetov to develop conception of comics film "The Red Star". There is a high chance that Bekmambetov will screen the project afterwards.
The exhibition "The church and sacred revival of Russia" opens in Paris in the congress-centre of the headquarters of UNESCO on Monday.
The American network NBC develops the television interactive musical competition, analogous to "Euro-vision", but oriented to the spectator in the USA.
Popular Russian writer Akunin has named the novel as "FM" and announced that it is connected with Fedor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky.
Memorial meeting dedicated to 169th anniversary of Alexander Pushkin`s death is to be traditionally held on Friday in the yard of last poet’s house in 12 Moika.
Exhibition of photographs made by officials of Russian Embassy in France "Russia and France: view through camera lens" has opened on Thursday evening in Russian center of science and culture in Paris.
Today Russian President has given Mariinsky theatre prima ballerina Ulyana Lopatkina the honorary rank of "People`s Artist of Russia". There are a number of prominent roles in the ballerina’s repertoire - Odetta-Odilia, "Swan Lake"; Mirta, Jizel, "Jizel"; Lilac fairy, "Sleeping beauty" Nikia, "Bayadera"; Medora, "Corsair"; Kitty, "Anna Karenina"; Mehmene Banu, "Legend of Love"; solo parties in the ballets of Balanchin, Foresight, Neumeier.
The Governor of Smolensk region Victor Maslov met the director of State Hermitage Mikhail Piotrovsky, who arrived to Smolensk to participate in the opening the exhibition of jeweller`s art works and painting "Russia. a look through centuries".
11th Open Russian Fectival of Animation cinema will be held on February 9-13, 2006. 50 pictures participate in the contest, informs the Festival`s web-site.
The day of commemoration of Fyodor Dostoyevsky will be held in St.Petersburg on Thursday.
48-th ceremony of "Grammy" music awards presentation has started in Los Angeles. The award is established by National sound recording academy of USA.
International music festival "Antiquarium" will be held in concert halls of Moscow on April 29-May 1.
Vladimir Putin signed the decree to celebrate 1150 years since foundation of Great Novgorod. The news is reported on the official site of the Kremlin.
Ice imperial palace was constructed in the center of town on Neva river - St. Petersburg.
The action on defining the most stylish citizens of the republic is holding in Tatarstan for the first time. And on the 4th of March they will be given the purse "Gold Versalle" in solemn conditions.
Famous musicians Dmitry Khvorostovsky and Rene Fleming will perform in Big hall of Moscow conservatoire on Monday. This was informed by Khvorostovsky during Sunday press-conference.
Exhibition of relics of Armenian apostolic church in Hermitage opens Year of Armenia in Russia.
The Mariinsky theatre art director Valery Gergiyev is awarded to Herbert fon Karayan’s prize for 2006 for prominent contribution into music.
In Ekaterinburg on 5 February there takes place the opening of the sculpture, devoted to memory of Vladimir Vysotskiy, reported one of the organizers of the project Aleksandra Busygina.
The Ministry of Education and science of the Russian Federation plans to reduce the reception of school seniors to state Institutes of Higher Education by 10,2 percent in 2006.
The work on the third in the world history of cinematograph screening Leo Tolstoy`s novel "War and Peace" has started in Russia.
Vladimir Putin rewarded the singer and composer Vyacheslav Dobrynin with the order "Of Merit for the Motherland" of IV degree.
David Copperfield may perform in Yekaterinburg in spring. The world famous illusionist performance may take place in the City Team Sports Centre.
Presentation of the new book of Eduard Limonov, the leader of Russian - National-Bolsheviks party, is to be held on February 7 in Moscow.
Shooting of a new feature film "Parisians-2" with Gerard Depardieu will be held in June 2006 in Saratov, informed the director of the picture Andrei Kondratiev.