The Russian Air Force is a branch of the Russian Aerospace Forces, the latter being formed on 1 August 2015 with the merging of the Russian Air Force and the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces. The modern VVS was originally established on 7 May 1992 following Boris Yeltsin's creation of the Ministry of Defence. However, the Russian Federation's air force can trace its lineage and traditions back to the Imperial Russian Air Service (1912–1917) and the Soviet Air Forces (1918–1991).
Russia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 23 times since their debut in 1994. Russia won the 2008 contest with Dima Bilan performing the song "Believe". One of the most successful countries in the contest in the 21st century with a total of ten top five placements, Russia finished second with Alsou in 2000, Dima Bilan in 2006, Buranovskiye Babushki in 2012 and Polina Gagarina in 2015; third with t.A.T.u. in 2003, Serebro in 2007, Sergey Lazarev in 2016 and 2019, and fifth with Dina Garipova in 2013. In 2018, they failed to qualify for the final for the first time in their history. The Russian entry has been chosen through both internal selections and a televised national final titled Evrovidenie, with their most recent entry (2021) being chosen by the latter.
Warner Bros. DiscoveryEurope, Middle East&Africa(EMEA) is a division of Warner Bros. Discovery. The division is responsible for managing the collection of their cable and satellite networks around the Europe, Middle East and Africa regions.
Comedy Central is a 24-hour Russian cable television and satellite television comedy channel available in Russia and CIS countries, launched in 2012. It is owned by Paramount Networks EMEAA and Paramount Global.
MTV Russia or MTV Россия was a Russian music and entertainment TV channel, which carried out its broadcasting from September 25, 1998 to May 31, 2013. On October 1, 2013, MTV Russia was relaunched as a satellite pay TV channel.
2x2 is a Russian television channel. Founded in 1989, it was the first commercial TV station in the Soviet Union (USSR). The channel shut down in 1997, and resumed broadcasting in 2003. Since then, the channel has predominantly broadcast foreign animated TV series, including children's television series, anime and adult animation shows.
CTC Media is the leading Russian independent broadcasting company with headquarters in Moscow, Russia.
Nickelodeon was a Russian language children's television channel launched on November 15, 1998, across the Post-Soviet states.
Svitlana Serhiivna Loboda, also known by the stage name LOBODA is a Ukrainian singer and songwriter. Honored Artist of Ukraine (2013).
Aleksandr Yuryevich Yerokhin is a Russian professional footballer who plays for Zenit St. Petersburg and the Russia national football team as an attacking midfielder.
Russian Television and Radio Broadcasting Network (RTRN) (Russian: Российская телевизионная и радиовещательная сеть) is a unitary enterprise created on August 13, 2001, by decree of the president of the Russian Federation. The company is included in the list of Russian strategic enterprises.
Fox is a brand of television channels owned by Fox Networks Group, a subsidiary of the Disney Entertainment division of The Walt Disney Company. The brand was included with Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox in 2019. It shares its name with the Fox Broadcasting Company, a now unaffiliated American television network owned by the Fox Corporation, which was spun off from 21st Century Fox before the sale. Except for the channel in Turkey, which focuses on original programming, the international Fox channels generally focus on syndicated programming.
Cartoon Network is a children's pay television channel in CIS & Southeast Europe which was launched on 1 October 2009, replacing the pan-European feed of Cartoon Network. Cartoon Network is available in Bulgarian, Croatian, English, Russian, Serbian and Slovene.
Disney Channel was a Russian free-to-air television channel which was launched on August 10, 2010 on pay television, replacing kids channel Jetix, and was later launched as a free-to-air network, replacing Seven TV on December 31, 2011. The network was one of the few Disney Channel variations which renders the word 'Channel' in a native language within its logo and vocally.
TV Rain is an independent Russian television channel. Launched in 2010, it has been based in the Netherlands since 2023. It focuses on news, discussions, culture, politics, business reports, and documentaries, with most shows broadcast live. TV Rain is owned by journalist Natalya Sindeyeva. Its slogan is "Optimistic Channel."
Platov International Airport is an airport close to the stanitsa of Grushevskaya, Aksaysky District, Rostov Oblast, Russia near the city of Novocherkassk northeast of Rostov-on-Don. It serves Rostov-on-Don and started operation in December 2017. It is named after Matvei Platov.
Yury Aleksandrovich Dud is a Russian journalist known primarily for his informational online videos distributed as a YouTuber. He has additionally been deputy director-general of the sports website Sports.ru since 2018, previously serving as the editor-in-chief from 2011 to 2018.
Mir, known formally as the International Television and Radio Company "Mir" is a multinational public television broadcaster, broadcasting programs in Russian and featuring programming from all the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
A series of Molotov cocktail arson attacks and shootings have taken place in Russian military commissariat registration and enlistment offices since the start of the country's invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Other governmental buildings have also been attacked in multiple regions of Russia. Part of the Russian partisan and anti-war movements, the attacks were spurred by several factors, including the outbreak of the invasion of Ukraine, the deployment of Russian conscripts to the front line, the start of spring conscription, and rumors about possible mobilization in the country, which were later found to be true. Commissariat offices recruit servicemen to the Russian Army and choose who is eligible and ineligible for service. The attacks are not a single coordinated campaign; behind them are a variety of people, from left-wing anarchists to far-right groups and assorted lone wolf actors.
