Clooney's film offended Shvydky © 20th Century Fox Frame from the movie "Treasure Hunters" The science representative of the President of the Russian Federation on International Cultural Cooperation Mikhail Shvydka said that George Clooney’s film “The Monument Men Hunters”, which goes on rent today, February 20, is offensive to the Russian viewer. “In the film“ Treasure Hunters ”, Russians are absolutely offensive - gloomy idiots acting exclusively on the principle of“ Brebty loot!

The Ministry of Culture will think about the transfer of the Shukhov tower The Ministry of Culture in accordance with the issue of transferring the Shukhov tower from Shabolovka to another place. Among the proposed options for VDNH, Kaluga Square and Gorky Park. This was reported by Izvestia with reference to the head of the Department of Control, Supervision and Licensing in the field of cultural heritage of Vladimir Tsvenov.

The ambitious regional festivals, equipped around some famous musician, are becoming more and more. Irkutsk - Denis Matsuev, Yekaterinburg - Dmitry Liss, Perm - Theodore Krentzis, Kazan - Alexander Scholkovsky, Sochi - Yuri Bashmet. From this year, Novosibirsk enters the game, armed with the support of his famous native, violinist Vadim Repin.

Forbes.ru will be headed by ex-head of the Moscow News The former editor-in-chief of the newspaper Moscow News, Alexander Bogomolov, was the new chief editor of the Russian version of the Forbes magazine. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the press service of the Axel Springer Russia Publishing House, which includes Russian Forbes .

Ukrainian athletes leave Sochi in solidarity with the Maidan © BOHDANA MATSOTSKA / Facebook Member of the Ukrainian national ski team Bogdan Matsetskaya and her father and coach Oleg Matsetsky refused to participate in the Olympics in Sochi. Thus, they protested against the actions of Viktor Yanukovych, who "drowned the last hopes of Ukrainians in the blood." Ukrainian athletes wrote on Facebook that they were “outraged by the last actions of President V.

Jenny Wilson became Grammis laureate © Manchester Wire On Wednesday, February 19, Grammis was awarded - the oldest music award of Sweden and Scandinavia. Three prizes were received by Jenny Wilson, Hedliner showcase Russia: Music: Change. She was awarded for the best album, the best musical video and as the best producer. The jury of the award noted Wilson's work on her fourth studio album, “Demand the Impossible!” , and the clip for the song "Autobiography" from this album.

The main prizes of Brit Awards received Arctic Monkeys On Wednesday evening, on February 19, in London there was a ceremony of presenting the Brit Awards in the field of pop music. In the nominations, “Best British Group” and “Best British Album”, the rock band from Sheffield Arctic Monkeys won. According to BBC , Arctic Monkeys were the first musicians in the history of the award for the third time awarded in both nominations.

In Russia, they are awarded an anti -aircraft for achievements in the field of pseudoscience © Museo di Capodimonte Peter Bruegel Elder. The parable of the blind. 1568 Until April 1, 2014, applications for the new anti -a -premium “Obscurant” are accepted, aimed at counteracting the formation and distribution of pseudoscientific ideas. Both private individuals and organizations can nominate candidates for the prize, anonymous applications are not accepted.

The instigator of the attack on Pussy Riot was a fine © Pussy Riot / YouTube In Sochi, the instigator of the incident on February 19 was identified and fined, when a group of men dressed by the Cossacks attacked the Pussy Riot group. “In accordance with Russian legislation, a protocol on an administrative offense was awarded to him in Sochi in Sochi and a fine was issued,” Interfax quotes the statement of the police representative. The amount of the fine is not specified.

The authorities of the Krasnodar Territory promise to investigate the incident with Pussy Riot © Mikhail Mordasov / "Yugopolis" The governor of the Krasnodar Territory Alexander Tkachev expressed regret in connection with the attack of the Cossacks on the Pussy Riot group in Sochi. He demanded to investigate the incident and hold the perpetrators accountable. This was reported by Gazeta.ru with reference to the Interfax agency.

In early February, it became known that on the 56th Venice Biennale of Modern Art, which will be held from May 9 to November 22, 2015, to present Russia-that is, to do a certain project in the Russian pavilion-there will be Irina Nakhova, a representative of Moscow conceptualism and last year's laureate of the Kandinsky Prize in the Project of the Year.

The funds of the Museum of the History of Kyiv were plundered On the night of February 18 to February 19, unknown plundered the funds of the Museum of the History of Kyiv, which are located on the 4-5 floors of the Ukrainian house. “At about five in the evening, the museum workers were evacuated, while the directorate remained at about six o’clock.

Yesterday they distributed Brit Awards awards. The names of the winners by the avalanche went through the media, which will increase the sale of their albums and increase personal capitalization. In reports and articles about the ceremony you will not find the names of the losers - but a pity, because this is a much more interesting plot turn than the predictable celebration of bestseller and their authors.

The Museum of Cinema will show the retrospective of Karl Theodore Dreyer © Gaumont Frame from the movie "Passion of Jeanne d'Arc" From February 21 to March 7, the Museum of Cinema will present in Moscow a retrospective of Danish director Karl Theodor Dreyer (1889-1968).

The revolution of the revolution is different. The Maidan-2014 is very similar to the Maidan 2004, and only a notorious romantic can call this revolution “orange”. And the point here is not only that passionarity gave way to a desperate malice. The very nature of these two Maidans is very different. Ten years ago, it was to some extent a natural and ascending process. Today it is a consequence of an artificial crisis, and, of course, there is nothing exalted in what is happening.