Still from the film “Lermontov” (2025, dir. Bakur Bakuradze) STV The festival of contemporary Russian cinema “Mayak” opened in Gelendzhik. After Kinotavr was closed in 2022 by Alexander Rodnyansky*, it became the last refuge of Russian filmmakers. The opening film is “Lermontov”, a new work by Bakur Bakuradze (“Schultes”, “Brother Deyan”, “Snow in my yard”).

I. There was one producer with whom I was friends. Many years passed before I became completely disillusioned with the word “friend.” There, in Russia, it should be prohibited by law, as they like. Along with the words “never” and “always.” Why allow words that are obviously misleading to be emphasized on the second syllable?! She just called me a “hypertext person” for my ability to lose my thoughts. And even when a person disappears, his hypertext remains. That's the advantage.

Two young women watch the busy traffic in front of the main station in Stuttgart, Germany, 1930s. Photo by PETER CORNELIUS / United Archives/Cornelius / mauritius images via AFP Republic continues a series of materials about how the economies of warring countries are doing. We are trying to understand exactly what factors lead to a fall or increase in the economic indicators of a warring state, so we decided to turn to historical examples.

Delegation of Russian social activists to PACE Photo from the personal archive of Dmitry Gudkov* Russia and EU structures broke off long-term relations for obvious reasons three and a half years ago. “United Russia” Petr Tolstoy has not been sitting in PACE for a long time, while on October 1, 2025, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe returned representation to the Russians. But to others.