A monument to the conqueror of Siberia, the Cossack ataman Yermak Timofeyevich has been unveiled near a new sports complex in Chusovoy town of the Perm Territory.

Law enforcement agencies in Yaroslavl have decided to check the program of the Civil Platform party for extremism.

Artists from 25 countries will get together at the VII Moscow International Arts Festival “Traditions and the Present”.

The well-known CocoRosie band from the USA is coming to Russia. It will be the headliner of the 10th international music festival Avantfest to be held in Moscow on July 27 and 28.

The exhibition is timed to the 150th anniversary since the birth of the well-known Russian artist Alexander Golovin (1863-1930).

On June 21 the Garage modern culture center will open an exhibition of the prominent Czech director, set designer and artist Jan Svankmajer.

In the framework of the Year of Netherlands in Russia, on June 18 the History Museum opens an exhibition dedicated to the Russian-Dutch communications throughout four centuries.

On June 17 the Worker and Kolkhoz Woman Museum opens an exhibition on history of the USSR pavilions, the first part of which is dedicated to the country’s participation in international exhibitions.

The YEKATERINA Culture Foundation presents Sergey Shekhovtsov’s first large-scale exhibition project in Moscow - Short Installation – to be opened on June 14.

June 14 will see the opening of STUDENT Art Prom - the 2nd Integrated Exhibition of creative universities of Moscow - in the ARTPLAY Design Center.