The People's Artist of Russia and the USSR Lev Durov died in reanimation of the First City Hospital in Moscow after a long illness.

The famous Russian film and stage actor Oleg Tabakov is celebrating his 80th birthday today.

Yekaterina Kirmel from Saint Petersburg has won the prestigious title Mrs. Russia — 2015.

The notable writer Samuil Lurie, aged 73, died in St. Petersburg after a serious disease.

The Ministry of Culture of Ukraine has started making the so-called "white list" of foreign people of art and culture.

According to the 2014 rating of Moscow libraries, Alexei Ivanov ranks third after Gabriel Garcia Márquez and Dina Rubina.

The former Head of Baltiyskiy Bank Oleg Shigaev accused of fraud and money laundering was in absentia arrested by the court.

The Prosecutor General’s Office in Germany suspected the Russian physicist who worked in Germany and the Netherlands of espionage and filed a criminal case against him.

The renowned Russian opera singer Dmitry Khorostovsky is on chemotherapy at one of the best London hospitals.

The famous film director Vasily Pichul, aged 55, died in Moscow on Sunday, July 26.