The director Alexei Fedorchenko will make a film based on the novel by the Strugatsky brothers The Kid. The picture will be called Space Mowgli.

The film Long Happy Life by the Russian director Boris Khlebnikov (Free Floating, Crazy Help and Until the night parts us) will be shown within the frame of the main competition at the Berlin Film Festival.

The State Hermitage Museum will celebrate the 250th anniversary in a modest way.

A complete retrospective of films of the director awarded with the Silver Bear of the Berlin IFF Kira Muratova will be held as a part of the 42nd International Film Festival in Rotterdam.

Long Happy Life by the Russian film director Boris Khlebnikov will participate in the main competition of the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival to be held from February 7 to February 17.

The premiere of the operas for the young audience "The Child and the Magic Spells" by Maurice Ravel and "The Young Person`s Guide to the Orchestra" by Benjamin Britten, the stage version of which first appeared in the repertoire of the Bolshoi Theatre, will be played at its new stage.

The museums of Moscow Kremlin in 2013 will show exhibitions related to the history of Russia and its rulers.

Russian punk band Pussy Riot has been nominated for the British NME musical magazine awards. The nominations are "Hero of the Year” and "Musical Moment of the Year".

The Ministry of Culture will create a new department which will control the use of property of the subordinate organizations.

Udmurtia authorities intend to organize all-Russian folk festival Buranovskie Babushki.