Moscow. January 2011. For the first time Russia and the CIS (except Ukraine) collected the box office exceeding one billion U.S. dollars in 2010. According to various sources, the figure varies between $ 1.05 and 1.15 bln. Notably, Ukraine has always been the second runner after Russia. According to US research company Rentrak, Russia has […]

In 1961 the world’s first manned space flight of the Soviet cosmonaut Yury Gagarin generated unprecedented enthusiasm about space exploration. Rocketry and media made a perfect collaboration to entertain and inspire the public. Science fiction books and films were of huge demand. Astronomers, pilots and space experts suddenly grew specially respected. Now, fifty years later public awareness about space travel is on the rise again.

Like Phoenix, a mythical firebird in Greek mythology, which burned and then easily arose from the ashes, Russian film industry starts growing through a painful recovery