Moscow to Present Art Platform Award for Contribution to Theatre Arts

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The application process for the second Moscow Art Platform Performing Arts Award has begun. It is organized by the Agency for Creative Industries (AKI) of the capital Department of CultureArtistic director – Dmitry Bikbaev.

"The Art Platform Award is designed to support private theatre companies that make a significant contribution to the city's culture: they create performances, jobs, and attract audiences. The competition is aimed at identifying and supporting strong theatre projects," said the Minister of the Moscow Government, Head of the Moscow Department of Culture

Alexey Fursin.

In total, 13 main and two special nominations are planned for this year, including:

— “Private Theatre Project” — awards private theatres in Moscow;

— “Event” — celebrates festivals and other major events of the year that took place in the capital;

— “Collaboration” — awarded for a joint creative project of private theaters, cultural figures and/or organizations;

— “Startup” — awards private theaters or projects that opened this year;

— “Promotion” — recognizes the most spectacular and effective marketing strategies in the performing arts;

— “Backstage” — awards to teams of theatre projects;

— “Multimedia” — awarded for outstanding shows using multimedia technologies;

— “Producer” — rewards the best producers in the world of art;

— “Ensemble” — is what the capital’s acting ensembles celebrate.

In addition, four new nominations have been established:

— “Workshops” — awards private companies that produce stage design, props, stage props, and also develop innovative solutions;

— “Soldout” — awarded to ticket services for effective solutions in ticket sales;

— “Kulturtreger” — awarded to cultural figures for educational initiatives;

— “Region” — marks cultural phenomena or projects created and implemented outside of Moscow.

A special nomination is provided by the Agency for Creative Industries. Another award will be presented to private projects in the field of performing arts by the award partners.

The winners will be awarded at the open theatre space "Art Platform" in the New Manezh in October of this year. Individuals and legal entities working in the field of performing arts in Moscow, as well as independent theatre companies from other cities of Russia (in the nomination "Region") can apply for the award.

In 2024, the shortlist for the award included more than 30 nominees in 12 nominations. Among the winners are the Moscow Musical Theatre under the direction of Mikhail Shvydkoy, the musical "Don't be afraid of anything, I'm with you", the show "Antigravity", Konstantin Bogomolov's private educational project "Voices of the Country" and the company Yellow, Black and White. In total, more than 200 applications were submitted in 2024.

With the help of the Agency for Creative Industries, favorable conditions are created in the capital for the development of representatives of various fields, including cinema, fashion, design, contemporary art, video games, music and publishing. In addition, the ACI promotes products on international markets and forms a positive image of the capital as an international center of creative industries.

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The territories of two parks will be improved in the Aeroport and Khovrino districts

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In the Aeroport area, the Golovanovskiy Park area will be landscaped, and in Khovrin, the public park will be put in order. This was reported by the city economy complex. Playgrounds, swings, carousels and other infrastructure will appear there.

The playground in Golovanovsky Park will have its surface replaced and two play complexes with a slide, ladder and other elements will be installed. There will also be a sandbox, carousels, swings, a trampoline and spring swings. A developmental tactile panel will be installed for the little ones.

The sports area will have its table tennis tables replaced, and park swings and benches will be installed for a quiet rest. Specialists will tidy up the lawn, plant trees, and renew the pavement of the pedestrian paths.

In addition, in the Aeroport district, eight courtyard areas will be put in order this year on 1st Ambulatory Drive, Leningradsky Prospekt, Krasnoarmeyskaya Street, and Chernyakhovsky Street.

A large play area for children of different ages will appear in the central part of the Khovrino public park. It will house multi-level complexes in the form of houses and a steam locomotive with slides, trampolines, balance beams, swings and carousels. Parents will be able to relax or read a book on semi-circular benches and comfortable round benches.

In the play area near the entrance to the park from Festivalnaya Street, large swings, a labyrinth complex and multi-coloured trampolines will be installed. Nearby, a multi-level amphitheater and recreation islands with umbrella awnings, round benches under them and park swings will be set up. Nearby, a fenced modern area for walking dogs will be built. Barriers, a slide, a tunnel and a balance beam will be installed for the animals.

The sports area on the side of Lyapidevskogo Street will be put in order, a universal playground for playing football and basketball will be set up there. Visitors will be able to work out on weight training machines, do workout training and play ping-pong. Cubes with climbing holds will be installed for children and teenagers.

A jogging track will be laid across the park. It will be located next to the sports and children's playgrounds. In addition, bicycle parking will be installed.

Trees will be planted in the park, several rockeries (landscape compositions of stones and plants) will be created, and modern lighting fixtures will be installed.

In 2023, the area near the Church of the Sign of the Icon of the Mother of God on Festivalnaya Street was tidied up. Modern playgrounds and sports grounds, recreation areas, picnic spots and new lights appeared here.

Earlier about plans forimprovement Sergei Sobyanin reported in the Northern Administrative District.

The park improvement works correspond to the goals and objectives of the national project "Infrastructure for life".

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Capital products strengthen their position in the global market of healthy food products

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Moscow entrepreneurs are strengthening their positions in the global market of healthy food products. With the support of the Moscow Export Center (MEC), protein and fruit bars, muesli, cereals, breads and other capital products are supplied to more than 20 countries, including China, the UAE, India, Brazil and the CIS countries.

In 2024 and the first half of 2025, the volume of healthy food exports from Moscow supported by the MEC exceeded 1.3 billion rubles.

"There is a growing demand among consumers for healthy food products. In a highly competitive market, not only the natural composition is important, but also the overall compliance of the product with the expectations of the target audience. The wide geography of Moscow healthy food products exports speaks of the trust of foreign consumers in goods produced in Moscow," she noted.

Kristina Kostroma, Head of the Department of Entrepreneurship and Innovative Development of Moscow.

As part of the implementation of export support programs, the Moscow company Snaksi received the opportunity to enter the international online trading platform 1688.com. As a result of the placement, a contract was concluded for the supply of protein bars and healthy chocolate to China.

The Melas company took advantage of the support service of a representative of the Moscow Export Center in China, ultimately concluding a contract for the supply of Dr. Körner crispbreads, already well known to Russian consumers, to China.

SVD-Group successfully presented its products at the Gulfood 2024 international exhibition. The result was a contract for the supply of muesli, crispbread, bran and freeze-dried berries to the UAE.

As part of the promotion of products of capital exporters with the support of the MEC, Moscow producers of healthy food take part in international festivals and fairs "Made in Russia" in friendly countries. These events are held jointly with the Russian Export Center. Products of Moscow companies were presented at four major fairs in China and the UAE, which were held from November 2024 to May 2025.

The Moscow Export Center was established by the Moscow Government in 2017 to provide financial and non-financial support measures to Moscow entrepreneurs in order to promote Moscow goods and services on foreign markets. The Moscow Export Center is a subordinate organization Department of Entrepreneurship and Innovative DevelopmentOne of its key tasks is to increase the number of Moscow exporters and grow their export revenue.

Today, the MEC provides the capital's business with comprehensive support at all stages of the export route – from preparation and training in foreign economic activity (FEA) to promotion abroad, assistance in increasing sales of financial incentives for FEA after concluding export contracts. Currently, the MEC's toolkit includes more than 30 support measures.

Sergei Sobyanin told how Moscow helps the capital's business develop

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Mosprom presented a chatbot to help the capital's exporters

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The Mosprom Center for Export, Industry and Investment Support has launched a chatbot Mosprom Export Support. The instrument was created within the framework of the city's systemic program for the development of non-raw materials, non-energy exports of manufacturing companies. This was reported by the Minister of the Moscow Government, head of the capital's Department of Investment and Industrial Policy Anatoly Garbuzov.

"On the instructions of Sergei Sobyanin, the city is consistently developing the capital's export potential. The Mosprom Export Support chatbot has become another convenient tool that will help entrepreneurs enter foreign markets faster and with lower costs. The chatbot contains up-to-date information on federal and regional support measures – from preferential loans and subsidies to fresh analytics and certification – and automatically selects them depending on the size of the company, industry and specific needs of the exporter," noted Anatoly Garbuzov.

The service structures data on the export of goods and access to foreign markets: quotas and licenses, duties on 212 countries and territories, non-tariff barriers, sanctions and protection tools. Based on the results of the request, the bot generates reports in a text editor, helping companies choose areas of support and learn about export conditions.

"The focus of our work is on providing systemic assistance to the capital's exporters: we listen carefully to their requests and implement digital innovations to make services as convenient and understandable as possible. It is important for us that enterprises can focus on developing their products, while the city team takes on administrative and information issues," emphasized Olga Starikova, General Director of ANO Mosprom.

The state actively helps Moscow exporters. National project "International cooperation and export"— is a set of measures of information, financial, insurance and logistics support. Within its framework, the digital platform "My Export" operates. There you can get free expert advice, analytics, help in promoting goods on international marketplaces, as well as take online training and much more.

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Participants of the “Call Back Yourself” project seminar will be told about investment fraud schemes

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At the urban project seminar "Call me back yourself" will tell about new types of fraud. These may be messages about supposedly profitable investments of savings in company shares under the guidance of an experienced investor, about capitalization at high interest rates, about participation in non-existent innovative projects, as well as fake investments in startups and other financial schemes for deceiving residents.

"Investments and savings deposits with interest are an opportunity to receive passive income and accumulate funds. However, it is important to remember that no financial institution will work at a loss to itself and offer interest rates higher than the market average or guaranteed profitability conditions for a project that is just starting up. Fraudsters use various tricks and techniques to convince residents to transfer money to accounts: they create websites with advantageous offers similar to well-known companies, offer deposits on extremely favorable terms, and promise a several-fold increase in profits. At the new seminar of the "Call Me Back" project, experts will tell you what to pay attention to when receiving advantageous financial offers so as not to fall for the tricks of intruders, and will also remind you of the importance of cyber hygiene," said Valentina Shilina, head of the "Call Me Back" project of the capital's Department of Information Technology.

The event will take place on July 17 at 11:00. It can be visited in person or join the broadcast on a social network "VKontakte".

Representatives of the capital's Department of Information Technology, Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the city of Moscow, experts from the Financial Literacy Center of the city of Moscow and the National Association of Bond Market Participants.

Using real-life examples, they will explain popular techniques of fraudsters in the field of financial pyramids and investments, share tips on how to protect your savings and funds, and answer questions from participants.

For example, scammers deceive city dwellers using duplicate websites, job interviews in companies where they promise high income after purchasing products, investing in startups and even multiplayer games. They use similar techniques for different audiences: an offer, convincing of reliability through false guarantees and fake documents, pressure on emotions and pushing to make a quick decision, pressure with authority or persuasion.

Following the seminar, the project website will be updated in the section "Webinar Archive" A recording and useful materials based on expert recommendations will be available.

The online information project "Call Back Yourself" was created in 2022 by the Moscow Government together with the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the city of Moscow. It helps city residents protect themselves and their loved ones from telephone and online fraud. The project's website contains information about upcoming in-person and online events, as well as memos and recommendations from experts, recordings of past webinars and other useful materials.

In 2023, the Call Me Back project won the Golden Site award in the Best Social Project Website category. It was also awarded the Runet Prize in the Information Security category.

The creation and support of information security tools, as well as counteracting cyber fraud, corresponds to the objectives of the national project "Data Economy and Digital Transformation of the State".

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A permit has been issued for the construction of a residential building under the renovation program on Dolgoprudnaya Street

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A house will appear in Dmitrovsky district under the renovation program. The building permit was issued by the capital State Construction Supervision CommitteeThis was reported by its chairman Anton Slobodchikov.

Work will begin at the address: Dolgoprudnaya Street, land plot No. 6.

"The committee has issued permits, and now the developer can begin work on the allocated land plot. The area of the housing will be 11.3 thousand square meters. In accordance with the standards of the renovation program, the apartments will be fully finished and the necessary equipment will be installed, including lighting fixtures and plumbing," he noted.

Anton Slobodchikov.

The house will consist of three sections. Each of them will have one through entrance with rooms for a concierge and storage of strollers. The first floor will be allocated for commercial premises for shops and social and household facilities.

"Each building under the renovation program is being built according to a unique architectural design using high-quality and durable materials. On the ground floors of sections of different heights, there are rooms for public needs with separate street entrances. Between them, there will be entrance groups for the residential part with vestibules, elevator halls, rooms for strollers and concierges' rooms," said the chief architect of the capital, first deputy chairman of the Committee for Architecture and Urban Development (Moskomarkhitektura)

Sergey Kuznetsov.

On the instructions of Sergei Sobyanin, the city is paying special attention to residential properties under the renovation program.

As Anton Slobodchikov noted, the construction of the building on Dolgoprudnaya Street will be supervised by inspectors at each stage. The inspection schedule will be drawn up after the developer submits a notice to the Committee on the commencement of construction and installation work. Specialists from the subordinate Expertise Center will be involved in the on-site activities to perform a set of laboratory and instrumental studies of building materials and structures for compliance with design documentation.

The building and the area around it will be made barrier-free. The courtyard will have rest areas with benches, a children's playground and a sports ground, and will be landscaped. In addition, a lighting system and CCTV cameras will be installed.

The renovation program was approved in August 2017. It concerns about a million Muscovites and provides for the resettlement of 5,176 houses. Sergei Sobyanin ordered to increase the pace of implementation of the program intwice.

Moscow is one of the leaders among regions in terms of construction volumes. High rates of housing construction correspond to the goals and initiatives of the national project "Infrastructure for life".

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In Butyrsky District, more than 1.3 thousand Muscovites received keys to apartments under the renovation program

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Since June 2021, when resettlement began under the renovation program in the Butyrsky District, more than 1.3 thousand city residents have received comfortable housing in new buildings. This was reported by Ekaterina Solovieva, Minister of the Moscow Government, Head of the Department of City Property.

"Four years ago, the first to receive notifications about the start of resettlement under the renovation program in the Butyrsky District were about 430 Muscovites from house 28, blocks 1 and 2 on Yablochkova Street. Today, more than 1.3 thousand city residents from seven buildings of the old housing stock already have new apartments in the district. In total, about 4.5 thousand people from 27 houses are to be resettled here under the renovation program. The city provides housing with ready-made improved finishing so that Muscovites do not have to postpone moving because of repairs," said Ekaterina Solovyova.

This year, residents of the Butyrsky District began inspecting apartments in two new buildings – house 28 on Yablochkova Street and house 7, block 2 on Milashenkova Street. The residential complexes were built taking into account the principles of a barrier-free environment. The same criteria were observed in the improvement of the adjacent territories, which is especially important for city residents with disabilities, older people and families with small children.

"Since the beginning of the program, the city has handed over three residential complexes in the Butyrsky District of the capital for settlement. In total, 694 apartments with finished improved finishes have been designed in them. Nine of them have been adapted for people with limited mobility – the width of corridors and doorways has been increased, and special handrails have been provided in the bathrooms. Elevators have also been installed in the entrances of the new buildings, rooms for concierges and storage rooms for strollers and bicycles have been equipped. The areas around the buildings have been improved: comprehensive landscaping has been carried out, outdoor lighting and video surveillance cameras have been installed. In addition, areas for active recreation and sports have been equipped in the courtyards," clarified the Minister of the Moscow Government, Head of the Department of Urban Development Policy

Vladislav Ovchinsky.

Earlier, Sergei Sobyanin spoke about resettlement under the renovation program in Khoroshevo-Mnevniki.

The renovation program was approved in August 2017. It concerns about a million Muscovites and provides for the resettlement of 5,176 houses. Earlier, Sergei Sobyanin ordered to increase the pace of implementation of the renovation program in twice.

Moscow is one of the leaders among regions in terms of construction volumes. High rates of housing construction correspond to the goals and initiatives of the national project "Infrastructure for life".

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A greenhouse with tropical plants will appear at VDNKh

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A greenhouse with tropical and subtropical plants with an area of about 330 square meters will open at VDNKh, which will be part of the first biocluster in Russia. Tours, master classes, lectures and other events will be held there. This was reported by Natalia Sergunina, Deputy Mayor of Moscow.

The new space will be arranged in the southern part of the park at the intersection of Khovanskaya Street and the ring road. Pavilions No. 516 "Books" of the museum and exhibition center "Rosiso" and No. 312 are located nearby.

"The greenhouse will combine exhibition and scientific and educational functions. Dozens of plant species, including unique ones, will be planted under the glass dome," noted Natalia Sergunina.

The greenhouse is planned to open in 2026. Specialists will create a climate zone in which the temperature, humidity and other parameters will be independently regulated. A laboratory will be equipped separately for classes on studying plants and their cultivation. An open-air lecture hall will appear next door. Birch trees, bird cherry, rowan, spruce, pine, willow and juniper will be planted around.

Now, on the territory of VDNKh, you can visit another greenhouse – it has been operating since 1959 in pavilion No. 14 "Computer Engineering and Information Science" (former "Azerbaijan SSR"). There, guests will see olives, pomegranates, persimmons and other crops.

Recently opened at VDNKh biocluster — a project of the State Biological Museum named after K.A. Timiryazev. Its first point is pavilion No. 29 "Floriculture and landscaping". By the summer of 2026, four more thematic areas will appear there.

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Monolithic work completed at future city station "Serp i Molot"

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The Serp i Molot city railway station is being built on the border of the Tagansky and Lefortovo districts. Monolithic work on the construction of passenger platforms has now been completed, said the Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Urban Development Policy and Construction Vladimir Efimov.

"Currently, at the future city station Serp i Molot, granite cladding of two passenger platforms is underway, as well as assembly of metal structures of the stairwells. Finishing of the canopies, installation of external networks and internal engineering systems is ongoing. At the moment, its readiness exceeds 40 percent. In the future, a full-fledged city station built according to the capital's standards will appear here," said Vladimir Efimov.

The project includes the construction of an overground vestibule with ramps to the platforms, reconstruction of the existing underground passage under the railway tracks and construction of new platforms with canopies. The future city station will be equipped with elevators and escalators, passengers will be protected from rain, snow and wind. In addition, together with the capital Department of Transport and Development of Road Transport Infrastructure A single canopy will be installed. It will allow you to transfer between the metro, the fourth Moscow Central Diameter (MCD-4) and ground transportation stops without getting your feet wet.

"As a result, a new transport hub will be created on the basis of the Serp i Molot stop. In the future, the city station will become a common one for MCD-4, MCD-2 and two metro stations – "Ploshchad Ilyicha" of the Kalininskaya Line and "Rimskaya" of the Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya Line. Thanks to this, residents of the Lefortovo and Tagansky districts will have updated convenient transport infrastructure within walking distance," emphasized the head of the Department for the Construction of Transport and Engineering Infrastructure of the City of Moscow

Vasily Desyatkov.

Earlier, Sergei Sobyanin said that a new station would be built near the Kornilovskaya station of the Troitskaya metro line. new transport interchange, which will reduce the load on the Kommunarka area and Kaluga Highway.

The first stage of improvement of the territory near the Serp i Molot station of the MCD-4 has been completedConvenient transfers and time savings on the road: what the new city railway stations will be like

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Moscow to host Big Running Festival for the first time

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On July 19, Moscow will host the first sports and music festival, the Big Run Fest. The event will begin at 19:00 and end after sunset. It will bring together fans of running, healthy lifestyles, and music.

There are three distances in total: five, 10 or 15 kilometers along the Garden Ring. Both children and adults can join. Participants aged 14 and over are allowed to participate in the five-kilometer race, 16 and over for the 10-kilometer race, and 18 and over for the 15-kilometer race. Everyone interested must register atwebsite and pay the fee. Starter packs will be available the day before and on the day of the event.

The top three runners at each distance will be awarded, and all finishers will receive commemorative medals. Spectators will be cheering on the participants along the route.

A large entertainment program has been prepared for the festival guests. Artists of various musical genres will appear on the main stage. The audience will also enjoy a live orchestra performance and a dance show. The headliners will be the Zventa Sventana project, the Farsh Band group, the Imperialis Orchestra and the Marta dance studio.

Small stages will also open on the Garden Ring: “Obshchaisya” (the square in front of the building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation), “Veselis” (Kudrinskaya Square), “Uznavai” (Bolshaya Sadovaya Street, Building 3a), “Zazhigai” (Sadovaya-Samotechnaya Street, Building 3) and “Style” (Krymsky Val Street, Building 9, entrance to Gorky Park). Master classes, training sessions, musical performances, meetings with bloggers and lectures will be held here.

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