In St. Petersburg, blind musician Danila Bolshakov played the burning piano, 78.ru writes.

In the Serbian ethnic settlement Drvengrad, the Kustendorf Classic Festival of Classical Music started, organized by Emir Kusturica. The forum opened with the performance of viola player Yuri Bashmet.

Rambler Group Alexandra Mamuta has become an investor and co-producer of the Bender film series, which will be removed based on the novel The Twelve Chairs by Ilya Ilf and Yevgeny Petrov. The main role in the series will play Sergey Bezrukov.