What stories are directors currently looking for funding for: review Poster for the film “Lermontov” by Pavel Lungin. Starring rapper Husky The Cinema Fund hosted an in-person defense of national films, the production of which is carried out by “other cinematography organizations that are not leaders in domestic film production.” A special feature of the current defense is the noticeably increased number of films about SVO.

Marine Le Pen speaks on television after the court verdict. Screenshot The owner of the French far-right National Rally party, Marine Le Pen, on the national television channel TF1, commented on the verdict that the Paris Court of Appeal handed down to her this afternoon.

The Kuibyshevsky court of St. Petersburg changed the measure of restraint for Ariadna Litvinova from a ban on certain actions to detention, reports the joint press service of the city courts. The preventive measure was changed from the moment of crossing the Russian border or from the moment of detention on Russian territory, representatives of the courts of St. Petersburg emphasized. Exactly when the court made its decision is not specified.

Cover of the book “Concepts” published by the publishing house “Nova Gazeta” At the end of last year, Novaya Gazeta published a book by our columnist Leonid Nikitinsky, Concepts. A short course is wrong for future sociologists and lawyers.” It has just become known that the book was longlisted for the annual Political Prosvet award along with the works of Elena Lukyanova*, Dmitry Travin, Alexandra Prokopenko*, Andrei Zakharov*, Ilya Venyavkin* and other researchers.

The Ministry of Digital Development is not considering introducing fees for foreign Internet traffic on mobile networks, said deputy head of the department Ivan Lebedev during a speech in the State Duma. This is how he answered a question from Communist Party of the Russian Federation deputy Oleg Smolin about such a possibility. The idea of ​​paying for the use of international traffic (in fact, a VPN) on mobile networks was discussed at the end of March.

The Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee has decided to temporarily lift the ROC suspension, which was in effect since October 12, 2023, the IOC said in a statement. The Legal Commission concluded that the ROC no longer includes regional sports organizations from annexed territories as its members. According to the IOC, the Russian committee confirmed that it “does not and will not conduct” any activities there.

How the III “Theater Boulevard” festival takes place on the streets of the capital Festival "Theater Boulevard" in Moscow. Photo: Mikhail Tereshchenko / TASS For the third summer in a row, theater workshops are opening in the center of Moscow, right on the streets, lecture halls are opening, and stages are being built. This is how the International Festival “Theater Boulevard” takes place in the capital.

Karelian Chersonese has been living without water supply for more than a month The village of Kurkijoki (Kurkijoki). Photo: Alexander Chizhenok / Kommersant 18+. THIS MATERIAL (INFORMATION) WAS PRODUCED, DISTRIBUTED AND (OR) SENT BY FOREIGN AGENT POTASHOV VALERY NIKOLAEVICH OR CONCERNES THE ACTIVITIES OF FOREIGN AGENT POTASHOV VALERY NIKOLAEVICH.

Question: Is this not a touchstone before the introduction of martial law? Photo: Dmitry Azarov / Kommersant THERE IS A CONTINUATION Trump “was very busy” and “didn’t call,” and “Putin is always happy to talk” and doesn’t wear rose-colored glasses - the Kremlin explained the failed contacts with Washington after the NATO summit in Ankara Dmitry Peskov publicly announced the end of the special military operation - now, in his opinion, it has become a war.

Photo: Yuri Safronov / Novaya Gazeta The Paris Court of Appeal has sentenced Marine Le Pen and decided the fate of the key contender for the 2027 French presidency. The court confirmed that Marine Le Pen is guilty of misuse (embezzlement) of public funds between 2009 and 2016. She was sentenced to 45 months of disqualification (30 of them suspended) and three years of imprisonment, of which one year with an electronic bracelet.

The Constitutional Court of Kazakhstan clarified that an appointment to the post of president after July 1, 2026, according to the new Constitution of the country, will be considered the first, even if the person has already held this position previously.

The fuel crisis is the result of two efforts: the opposing side and the Russian government Photo: ITAR-TASS Current data presented by the Ministry of Finance on oil and gas revenues of the Russian budget (OGR) for the first half of 2026 paint a picture that can be called a “budget trap.” Oil revenues are really growing - the April jump in Urals prices to $94.87 per barrel brought a lot of money to the budget.

The Government of the Russian Federation supported the initiative to send conscript soldiers to military units of the Federal Fire Service (FPS) of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations. The soldiers are expected to carry out rescue operations and put out fires. A bill on this was introduced to the State Duma back in April by vice-speakers Victoria Abramchenko and Pyotr Tolstoy. It has not yet been considered in the first reading.

The Tverskoy Court of Moscow extended the house arrest of Novaya Gazeta journalist Oleg Roldugin, accused of illegal use and storage of personal data allegedly committed by a group of persons (clause “c” of Part 3 of Article 272.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

Sergei Mingazov died of cancer while remaining accused in the “fake” case. Lawyer talks about how terminally ill patients are persecuted An unusual situation: a defendant in a “political” case in modern Russia receives a fine. And then, when the prosecutor’s office stubbornly continues to seek a real sentence, he dies of cancer without waiting for a new verdict.