The State Duma approved fines for instant messengers © 2017, Habier López / Flickr Today, December 13, the State Duma adopted in the third, final reading the law on administrative fines for non -fulfillment by messengers of duties provided for by Russian law.

The issue of expanding the audience is due to multimedia, audiovisual synthesis, and performance arts - one of the most important for the modern poetic community. Poetry seeks to overcome the ghettoiding, coincide with its time and become proportional to it. She actively masters “non -infinitive” spaces, looking for new forms of publicity and social effectiveness.

Yuri Temirkanov will devote the performance of the Requiem Verdi memory Dmitry Hvorostovsky © St. Petersburg Academic Philharmonic named after D.D. Shostakovich The artistic director of the Festival "Square" Yuri Temirikanov decided to devote the memory of Dmitry Hvorostovsky (1962-2017) the performance of the Requiem Verdi, which will be held on December 19 in the Great Hall of the St. Petersburg Academic Philharmonic.

In the ballet finally there was Nureyev. We remember how it all began: more than two years ago, the production team of silverniks/staff/Demutsky did not need to be presented for the Bolshoi Theater “Hero of our Time” - a cute, cultural performance with unusually high -quality directing for ballet, lyrical choreography, competent music, uniformly embarrassed people with limited capabilities in the role of soldiers of the then soldiers. Caucasian war.

Uwe Schmidt will perform at a New Year's party in Moscow © Bandcamp On December 31, the New Year's party “Signal New Year” will take place in the Moscow space of Artplay, the main headliner of which will be the German DJ and producer Uwe Schmidt, better known as Atom TM. Signal New Year will last until January 2.

Artdokfest summed up © "Artdokfest" On December 12, at the Moscow Cinema “Karo 11 October”, a ceremony of presenting the prizes of the XI International Festival of Documentary Cinema “Artdokfest” was held. The Grand Prix was received by the picture of the Dutch director Alena Van der Horst “Love is Potato”. This was reported by the site "Artdokfest" .

Nina Simon was chosen into the Hall of Glory Rock-n Roll © David Hollander Today, December 13, musicians became known, who in the spring of 2018 will be introduced into the Hall of Glory of Rock and Roll. Among them are an American singer, pianist and composer Nina Simon (1933-2003). It is reported by Associated Press . The list of new members of the Rock and Roll Glory Hall is published on his website .

Roskomnadzor threatened Twitter by blocking due to Open Russia © Roskomnadzor Twitter received a notification from Roskomnadzor, in which the service is ordered to delete the open Russia movement within a day. Otherwise, Twitter can be blocked in the territory of the Russian Federation. The notification of Roskomnadzor, which Twitter sent Open Russia, is given on its website.

Today, December 13, the festival of American arthouse cinema begins in Moscow; The shows will be held in the "garage" and the CDC. The festival program is as heterogeneous as the landscape of the American indie.

In 2017, photo projects on colta.ru are divided into several blocks. The fifth block is called “Private” and demonstrates works that penetrate the private space beyond the boundaries of the generally accepted and permitted, which outstand the individuality of the author and the hero. Today is the “Veps Forest” Evgenia Molodtsov. From the author The Veps Forest is a project on the search and loss, on destruction and intervention.

Awarded the Profession "Profession - Journalist" © Open Russia On December 12, in Tallinn, the awarding ceremony of the laureates by the Movement "Open Russia" Prize - Journalist by the results of 2017 was held in Tallinn. The jury led by journalist Maria Slonim chose winners in six nominations : A special prize for the totality of the presented materials of various authors was awarded to Novaya Gazeta . “I would like to say about another“ special prize ” - it is awarded to“ open Russia ”.

An exhibition of Picasso's graphics exhibition will be held in the suburbs On December 17, the Museum and Exhibition Complex of the Moscow Region “New Jerusalem” will open an exhibition of printed graphics of Pablo Picasso created in the Livre d'Artiste genre (“Book of the Artist”) in 1919-1969. The exhibition was prepared jointly with the State Museum of Fine Arts named after A.S. Pushkin (Pushrooms).

The history of Russian folklore (GCRF), which has unfolded in recent weeks, - the only institution since 1990, studying and preserving authentic Russian culture - reminded the action -packed political series: meetings for meetings at the Ministry of Culture and subordinate bodies, petitions against the Minister of Culture and President of Putin with a requirement to “abolish the decision of the decision about the decision The liquidation of the center ”, scandalous publications in the media, the

Diaries of Leo Yudin published © Jewish Museum and Center for Tolerance On December 14, the Jewish Museum and the Center for Tolerance in Moscow will host the presentation of the book “Say your ...” - the first published diaries of the artist Lev Yudin, a student and ally of Casimir Malevich.

Romances of Vladimir Yurovsky came out at the company "Melody" Today, December 13, the White Hall of the V.I. Vernadsky in Moscow will host a presentation of the disc “Melody” with the records of romances of Russian composers performed by the soloist of the Bolshoi Theater, Mezzo-Soprano Alexandra Durseneva, including the first published works of Vladimir Yurovsky Sr. (1915–1972).