-We all have a habit of watching the dollar-neo-neft. But now these indicators are the same as they were a year ago, and the standard of living, as it seems, has fallen significantly. Are these all the still sanctions? Or do we not notice something important? - On the one hand, for many years, since 2008, the general stagnation of the Russian economy has been continuing. Stagnation, of course, consists of a recession of one year, small in another, again, again a decline.

It seems that today we are familiar with samples of religious culture and Orthodox aesthetics as good as with the official rhetoric of the Russian Orthodox Church. But, like any art, church art is a process and constant practice, which creates this story that creates this story and daily. What is what the artist is now living and acting inside the church organism? How is his work arranged and what are its features? What is the state of church art?

The Moscow International Biennale of Young Art arose for a long time, and its history is already partly forgotten - perhaps because the organizers deliberately erased it. Alexandra Novozhenov delved into the past of Biennale to understand what she was, what she became and what she could be. 14 years of the evolution of youth Biennale is the process of defocusing, behind which today it is impossible to see at least someone's articulated desire or clear intention.

The German researcher Tobias Koltner conducted a twelve -month field study in one of the typical cities in the European part of Russia - where he tried to understand the motivations of businessmen who make the donations of the church. Who does not know the typical Russian landscape, where the bulbous domes of Orthodox churches are visible.

The Hermitage was allowed to catch Pokemon Director of the State Hermitage Mikhail Piotrovsky said that the ban on the use of Pokémon Go game mobile application in the halls will not be introduced until the players damage the showcase. “There will be no prohibitions until someone flies into the window when fishing,” Interfax quotes Piotrovsky. The director of the Hermitage also said that the museum will not yet prohibit the use of sticks for a selfie.

The head of "Yandex.NOVOZOV" announced the care On August 1, the head of the automatic processing and systematization of the news of the Yandex company Tatyana Isaeva will leave his post. According to Meduza , she explained her decision, in particular, by the latest changes in the legislation in relation to news aggregators.

Gergiev will perform on the cruiser "Varangian" On Sunday, July 31, in Vladivostok, after the end of the celebration of the Day of the Navy of Russia in the Gulf of the Gulf of the Gulf of the Gulf, on board the Varangian’s guards missile cruiser, a concert of the Mariinsky Theater Brassmble under the direction of Valery Gergiev will be held.

The Moscow rally against the "Package of Yarova" was postponed © rally for the abolition of the "Package of Yarova" / Facebook The organizers of the rally for the cancellation of the “Package of Yarovaya” in Moscow, first allowed, and then not allowed by the authorities, decided to transfer it to August 9.

The new issue of the magazine " Theater." Was published. dedicated to the history and theory of the social theater. Colta.ru publishes one of the key materials of the number, the manifesto of Ksenia Peretrukhina - not only the leading scenographer of the new wave of the Russian theater, but also its main ideologist. Thesis 1. New avant -garde The theater today was in a privileged position - no other art at the same time has such an arsenal of non -mediated contacts with the viewer.

The Museon will host the Iceland Cinema Festival © "Museon" Frame from the film "Barana" From August 3 to 7, in the summer cinema of the Museon Art Park, the Museon Art Park for the first time in Moscow will be held the festival of modern Icelandic cinema.

A long list of the “Read Russia/Read Russia” awards has been announced On July 25, the Organizing Committee of the “Read Russia/Read Russia” Awards published a long list in 2014-2016.