FINALISTS OF 2024
GRAND PRIX
Defenders of the Spirit – non-fiction film (Alexandra Bogucharskaya, Foundation for the Support of Regional Cinematography of the Union of Cinematographers of Russia, Russia)
CONTENDERS FOR THE GRAND PRIX
Defenders of the Spirit – non-fiction film (Alexandra Bogucharskaya, Foundation for the Support of Regional Cinematography of the Union of Cinematographers of Russia, Russia)
Ksenyushka — animation (Timofey Veronin, Natalia Fedchenko, Balt-TV LLC, St. Petersburg, Russia)
Saints and loved ones. Fyodor Ushakov – non-fiction film (Sergey Medvedev, Dmitry Antonov, Anastasia Stroeva, Alexey Klyuchikhin; Sergey Medvedev Studio, Moscow, Russia)
A Cross in the desert – feature film (Hadzi-Aleksandar Djurovic, Aleksandrija Film, Serbia)
Feature film, Youth category
1. The last autumn of youth (Nikita Transeev, S. A. Gerasimov VGIK)
1. Astrakhan (Ovez Narliev, Saule Yusupova, Studio of Creative Initiatives «Otkritie» LLC, Moscow, Russia)
2. Irga (Denis Shabliy, Shabliy film studio)
3. The Road to Heaven (Ivan Sosnin, Red Pepper Film Yekaterinburg, Russia)
The choice of the youth jury: We grieve (Elizaveta Verkhozina, St. Petersburg State Institute of Cinema and Television, St. Petersburg, Russia)
F. Heavenly Chancery (Katrina Romanova, S. A. Gerasimov VGIK, Moscow, Russia)
F. Ailments (Matvey Korablev, S. A. Gerasimov VGIK, Foundation for the Development of Creativity, Moscow, Russia)
F. Psychic (Vladislav Podolyanko, Cepheus Production LLC, Moscow, Russia)
F. Karma must be cleaned… (Sergey Volkov, Moscow, Russia)
Special diploma «For the popularization of spiritual and moral values» from the rector of the church of Michael the Archangel, in the forest, near Uglich, Abbot Raphael: The last autumn of youth (Nikita Transeev, VGIK named after S. A. Gerasimov)
Special diploma «For the popularization of spiritual and moral values» from the rector of the Church of Michael the Archangel, in the forest, near Uglich, Abbot Raphael: We Mourn (Elizabeth Verkhozina, St. Petersburg State Institute of Film and Television, St. Petersburg, Russia)
Special diploma «For the best acting Duo»: Tatiana Grigorieva, Valentina Neymorovets, the film We Mourn (Elizaveta Verkhozina, St. Petersburg State Institute of Film and Television, St. Petersburg, Russia)
Special diploma «For the relevant topic of the film»: Egor Zavgorodny, Matvey Korablev, the film Ailment (Matvey Korablev, S. A. Gerasimov VGIK, Foundation for the Development of Creativity, Moscow, Russia)
Special diploma «For the relevant topic of the film»: Psychic (Vladislav Podolyanko, Cepheus Production LLC, Moscow, Russia)
Foreign feature film, Youth category
1. Father’s Footsteps (Mohamad W. Ali, Syrian Arab Republic)
2. Things Unheard Of (Ramazan Kilic, Turkey)
3. Allah Mazar (Payam Korkzan, Iran)
3. Don’t worry about me, I’m fine (Reza Pordel, Iran)
3. Amor nour – Muddy love (Victor Herault, France)
F. The Road to Lachin (Edward Kazaryan, Institute of Cinema and Television (GITR), Russia-Armenia)
F. Pasando Teruel (Manuel Omonte, Spain)
F. Students (Timur Amanshikov, Uzbekistan)
f. Kid Heart (Meg Igarashi, Japan)
F. The Last Shoemaker (Ali Musoke, Uganda)
Special diploma «For the director’s decision»: Pasando Teruel (Manuel Omonte, Spain)
Special diploma «For acting ensemble»: Students (Timur Amanshikov, Uzbekistan)
Special diploma «For acting ensemble»: Kid Heart (Meg Igarashi, Japan)
Special Diploma «For the best cinematography»: Bella Budnitskaya, The Road to Lachin (Edward Kazaryan, Institute of Film and Television (GITR), Russia-Armenia) Special Diploma «Best child role» Elina Satari, Allah Mazar (Payam Korkzan, Iran) Special Diploma «Рromotion of motherhood», «Search for new forms» Payam Korkzan, Allah Mazar (Payam Korkzan, Iran)
Video clip, category «Youth»
1. Journey for Vision (Cancan Chu, China)
2. Rakita (Veronika Syromlya, Nadezhda Kamshukova, Ilya Bernstein, Alexander Kataev, Nikolai Lebedev, Konstantin Kashchenko, Anton Alekseev, Denis Grinenko with animation support by Anna Zubkova (MGIK), Moscow, Russia)
3. Acqua di Luna (Pietro Adorato, Italy)
The choice of the youth jury: On Mount Poppy (Vasily Vodopyanov, Daria Mazepa, Gravity Dance Studio, Tolyatti, Russia)
F. When You (Daria Gushan, Lendok Film School, St. Petersburg, Russia)
F. Song to my Pampa (Diego Alvarez Leon, Chile)
F. You & I (Lars Smetsers, Netherlands)
F. Raater Aakash (Suranjan Das, India)
Special Diploma «For acting and performing skills – Veronika Syromlya, Rakita (Veronika Syromlya, Nadezhda Kamshukova, Ilya Bernstein, Alexander Kataev, Nikolai Lebedev, Konstantin Kashchenko, Anton Alekseev, Denis Grinenko with animation support Anna Zubkova (MGIK), Moscow, Russia)
Social Film, Youth category
1. Aspiring Filmmaker (Arjanmar H. Rebeta, Philippines)
2. Go and do it (Alexandra Barkhatova, Institute of Film and Television (GITR), Moscow, Russia)
3. Save the children! Save nature! (Akram Shakhnazarov. Uzbekistan)
F. On a Dream (Lolita Naranovich, St. Sophia Social House, Moscow, Russia)
f. Piecing Together Humanity (Mmatshepo Rakhalakane, South Africa)
Special diploma «For the best screenplay»:Lolita Naranovich, On a Dream (Lolita Naranovich, St. Sophia Social House, Moscow, Russia)
Special diploma «For the best cinematography»: Anna Sterkhova, On a Dream (Lolita Naranovich, St. Sophia Social House, Moscow, Russia)
Animation, Russia, category «Youth»
1. The First Space Station (Svetlana Zhukova, Ural Cinema Studio LLC, Yekaterinburg)
2. The goat and the vineyard (Sofiko Badalova, Animation studio of Alexander Tatarsky «Pilot», Russia)
3. Letter (Anastasia Panteleeva, S. A. Gerasimov VGIK, Moscow, Russia)
F. Belaya Iva (Artem Moskalev, Soyuzmultfilm, Moscow, Russia)
F. Millions of scarlet roses (Galina Golubeva, Ekaterina Rykova, Anastasia Makhlina, Soyuzmultfilm, Moscow, Russia)
F. Dark Forest (Tatyana Petrova, Studio A-film LLC, Yekaterinburg, Russia)
F. Bolshaya (Anastasia Chikerlan, Studio «SHAR» LLC, Moscow, Russia)
F. Feet of Rain (Daria Bolotnikova, S. A. Gerasimov VGIK, Moscow, Russia)
Special diploma «For an original artistic solution»: Artyom Moskalev, Belaya Iva (Artyom Moskalev, Soyuzmultfilm, Moscow, Russia)
Special Diploma «For the search for new forms — Galina Golubeva, Millions of scarlet Roses (Galina Golubeva, Ekaterina Rykova, Anastasia Makhlina, Soyuzmultfilm, Moscow, Russia)
Alexander Petrov’s Special diploma (animator, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, winner of the state Prizes of the Russian Federation and the Oscar Award): Millions of scarlet roses (Galina Golubeva, Ekaterina Rykova, Anastasia Makhlina, Soyuzmultfilm, Moscow, Russia)
Foreign animation, Youth category
1. Plain of Yellow Flowers (Hossein Aghamohammadi, Iran film port, Iranian films agency and distribution Iran)
2. The Splint (Mehdi Sedighi, Iran)
3. Alpha Generation (Debora Resendes, Iuri Moreno, Brazil)
F. Steklishko (Anya Ru, Italy)
F. The adventures of princess Mirabilis (Angélica Pinto, Angola)
Special Diploma «For the best 3D animation»: The adventures of princess Mirabilis (Angélica Pinto, Angola)
Non-fiction film, Russia, category «Youth»
1. We just understood each other (Vladislav Romanenko, Marina Makarova, S. A. Gerasimov VGIK, Rostov-on-Don branch, Russia)
2. The Russian Spirit (Ulyana Panchenko, Institute of Cinema and Television (GITR), Moscow, Russia)
2. Victor Merezhko. Hello and Goodbye (Anastasia Korabelnikova, St. Petersburg State Institute of Film and Television, St. Petersburg, Russia)
3. The Gypsy Dream (Miroslav Blazheski, S. A. Gerasimov VGIK, Moscow, Russia)
3. In search of the Sun (Andrey Ananin, Viktor Kozhenkov, The Flock.Dock, Moscow, Russia)
F. The Art of being yourself (Dmitry Kiselyov, Maria Stepanenko, with the support of Wooden Alkhid, Moscow, Russia)
f. Found, alive! (Robert Karapetyan, Ekaterina Timoshenko, Uralfilm Studio LLC, Yekaterinburg, Russia)
F. Courier (Artyom Kusyak, Institute of Cinema and Television (GITR), Moscow, Russia)
F. The Purple Country (Mikhail Gorobchuk, His cinema, Irkutsk, Russia)
Special diploma «For the best cinematography»: Mikhail Gorobchuk, Purple Country (Mikhail Gorobchuk, His cinema, Irkutsk, Russia)
Special diploma «For the relevant topic of the film»: Courier (Artyom Kusyak, Institute of Film and Television (GITR), Moscow, Russia)
Non-fiction foreign film, Youth category
1. Leonid Shchemelev. All shades of white (Ekaterina Sharomet, Vladimir Bokun Studio, Belarus)
2. Live a full life (Leila Elhoweris, Croatia)
3. The Wall (Evrim Inci, Turkey)
F. Hard Worker (Aigerim Zholdoshbaeva, Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University, Kyrgyzstan)
F. Journey: the future of Kazakh nomads (Kazuya Isobe, Japan)
F. Romeo (Marina Arzumanova, Armenia)
F. LIXUS (Ziad Idrissi, Morocco)
Special diploma «For choosing the hero of the film»: Hard Worker (Aigerim Zholdoshbaeva, Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University, Kyrgyzstan)
Special diploma «For preserving historical memory»: LIXUS (Ziad Idrissi, Morocco)
TV show, reportage, category «Youth»
1. Evseev: Recognition at the cost of life (Andrey Ogorodnikov, Foundation for the Support of Regional Cinematography of the Union of Cinematographers of Russia, Mari El, Russia)
2. Drugs. The history of wrong decisions (Maxim Kornienko, Focus Studio, Yekaterinburg, Russia)
2. The newsreel «Aloud!». The novel «Conscious Choice» (Polina Cherkashina, Artos LLC, Moscow, Russia)
3. The keys to emotions: fear and confidence (Anastasia Makartseva, Production Center «Point of Bifurcation», Moscow, Russia)
3. Where Russia begins (Elizaveta Usanova, Institute of Film and Television (GITR), Moscow, Russia)
Patriotic film, Youth category
1. The series «About people and about the war», series: Mitka, Banka, Volunteer (Anna Chizhova, Dmitry Pasichnyuk, Artel Films Production, St. Petersburg, Russia)
1. Ida – a feature film (Irina Voronova, Lerica Witwicki, Egor Danilov, Irsna Media LLC, Moscow, Russia)
2. Our heroes – TV program (Elena Yaremenko, Vladimir Malyshev; VGIK named after S. A. Gerasimov, Moscow, Russia)
3. Flowers under Hail – non-fiction film (Lilia Rybalka, S. A. Gerasimov State Pedagogical University, branch of the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia)
The choice of the youth jury: To the front — a non-fiction film (Ulyana Gerasimova, Institute of Film and Television (GITR), Moscow, Russia)
F. Russia – video clip (Maxim Polyakov, Skimen-video, Moscow, Russia)
F. Wonderful World — non—fiction film (Ivan Vlasov, Ostrov Studio, Moscow)
F. Meeting in the Forest – feature film (Mark Velikanov, Yuri Sysoev, Amaranth Film School, Awareness Channel, Moscow, Russia)
F. Sound of Clouds — documentary animation (Mohammad Lotfali, Iran)
F. The Silent Route – animation (Merve Cirisoglu, UK)
f. The TV series «Tanya is the only one left» series: «The Advent of the Holiday», «Mom», «Breakthrough» (Danil Motin, ot Alone Production, Moscow, Russia)
Special prize of the Ministry of Culture of the Yaroslavl region: Russia – video clip (Maxim Polyakov, Skimen-video, Moscow, Russia)
Special diploma «For the original idea of the film»: Meeting in the Forest — a feature film (Mark Velikanov, Yuri Sysoev, Amaranth Film School, Awareness Channel, Moscow, Russia)
Special Diploma «For the best Call to Peace»: The Sound of Clouds – documentary animation (Mohammad Lotfali, Iran)
Special diploma «For the best work of an animator»: The Silent Route – animation (Merve Cirisoglu, Great Britain)
Orthodox film, Youth category
1. Defenders of the Spirit – non-fiction film (Alexandra Bogucharskaya, Foundation for the Support of Regional Cinematography of the Union of Cinematographers of Russia, Russia)
1. Xenyushka — animation (Timofey Veronin, Natalia Fedchenko, Balt-TV LLC, St. Petersburg, Russia)
2. Saints and loved ones. Fyodor Ushakov – non-fiction film (Sergey Medvedev, Dmitry Antonov, Anastasia Stroeva, Alexey Klyuchikhin; Sergey Medvedev Studio, Moscow, Russia)
3. A Cross in the desert – full-length feature film (Hadzi-Aleksandar Djurovic, Aleksandrija Film, Serbia)
F. Rozhdestvenskaya Zvezda – animated (Natalia Berezova, Foma Cinema LLC, Russia)
F. Maundy Thursday – feature film (Daniil Chernogortsev)
F. Historical Candlesticks — Monastery of St. Demetrius Valeciko – non-feature film (Vlasis Nektarios Mantziokas, Greece)
F. Vovka (Oksana Stashenko, Moscow, Russia)
F. Unforgettable day. Elizaveta Fedorovna Romanova – non-fiction film (Elena Chach, Educational project «Shores» named after Daria Dugina, Russia)
Special diploma «For the popularization of spiritual and moral values» from the rector of the Church of Michael the Archangel, in Bor, near Uglich, Abbot Raphael:
Defenders of the Spirit — non–fiction film (Alexandra Bogucharskaya, Foundation for the Support of Regional Cinematography of the Union of Cinematographers of Russia, Russia)
Special diploma «For the popularization of spiritual and moral values» from the rector of the church of Michael the Archangel, in the forest, near Uglich, Abbot Raphael: Xenyushka — animation (Timofey Veronin, Natalia Fedchenko, LLC Balt-TV, St. Petersburg, Russia)
Special diploma «For the best artistic solution»: Christmas Star – animation (Natalia Berezova, Foma Cinema LLC, Russia)
Special prize of the Yaroslavl Diocese: Christmas Star – animated (Natalia Berezova, Foma Cinema LLC, Russia)
Special diploma «For the best cinematography»: Maundy Thursday – feature film (Daniil Chernogortsev)
Special diploma «For the preservation of historical memory»: Historical candlesticks — Monastery of St. Demetrius Valeciko – non-feature film (Vlasis Nektarios Mantziokas, Greece)
Special diploma «Best Child Role»: Alexander Samusev, Vovka (Oksana Stashenko, Moscow, Russia)
Special diploma «For the preservation of historical memory»: An unforgettable day. Elizaveta Fedorovna Romanova – non-fiction film (Elena Chach, Educational project «Shores» named after Daria Dugina, Russia)
Feature film, Russia, category «Adults for children»
1. Fried liver (Irina Borovskaya, IP S.A. Menyakin, Moscow, Russia)
2. You smell of pilaf (Margarita Kharkov, S. A. Gerasimov State University of Economics, Moscow, Russia)
3. How Dema Baklushkin Bazhova read (Andrey Kim, Alexander Leker, Sergey Nosov, Studio «Master», Yekaterinburg)
3. My teacher (Antonina Abramova, S. A. Gerasimov VGIK, Moscow, Russia)
F. Brothers (Regina Galiakbarova, Children’s Creative Association «Cinema for All Children»)
F. Hot stone (Lolita Naranovich, «Catharsis Film Company», St. Petersburg, Russia)
F. May bug named Wobbler (Julia Linde, S. A. Gerasimov VGIK, Moscow, Russia)
Special prize of the Pereslavl Diocese: Hot Stone (Lolita Naranovich, «Catharsis Film Company», St. Petersburg, Russia)
Special diploma «For the best child role»: Stepan Obarukhin, Hot Stone (Lolita Naranovich, «Catharsis Film Company», St. Petersburg, Russia)
Special diploma «For the popularization of spiritual and moral values» from the rector of the Church of Michael the Archangel, in Bor, near Uglich, Abbot Raphael: My teacher (Antonina Abramova, S. A. Gerasimov VGIK, Moscow, Russia)
Special diploma «For the best supporting role»: Lukyanova Velina, teacher (Antonina Abramova, VGIK named after S. A. Gerasimov, Moscow, Russia)
Special diploma «For the best acting children’s duet»: Iliyas Abdyrakhmanov, Andrey Titchenko, You smell like pilaf (Margarita Kharkov, S. A. Gerasimov VGIK, Moscow, Russia)
Feature film, category «Adults for children»
1. The Rebels (Vladimir Alenikov, Film Company «Eye Contact», MDT «ANTE», Moscow, Russia)
2. Tin Can Head (Ivan Kapitonov, Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, QS Films and Kinomir Film Companies, with the support of the general sponsor of the Segezha group timber holding, Moscow, Russia)
3. A guest from Outer space (Philip Dmitriev, Boomerang Film Film Company LLC, Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia)
3. My Terrible Sister 2 (Alexander Galibin, Motor Film Studio and Nashe Kino LLC)
The choice of the youth jury: Tumansk. The Confused city (Andrey Kim, Alexander Leker, Sergey Nosov, Studio «Master», Yekaterinburg, Russia)
Special diploma «For the best child role»: Vasilisa Korostyshevskaya, Rebels (Vladimir Alenikov, Film Company «Eye Contact», MDT «ANTE», Moscow, Russia)
Special diploma «For the best actress»: Olga Volkova, The Rebels (Vladimir Alenikov, Film Company «Eye Contact», MDT «ANTE», Moscow, Russia)
Special diploma «For the best child role»: Miroslava Smirnova, My teacher (Antonina Abramova, S. A. Gerasimov VGIK, Moscow, Russia)
Special diploma «For graphic solutions in the design of the film»: David Nersesyan, Tumansk. The Confused city (Andrey Kim, Alexander Leker, Sergey Nosov, Studio «Master», Yekaterinburg, Russia)
Foreign feature film, category «Adults for children»
1. The School’s Wall (Mohan Shrestha, Nepal)
2. Who needs teachers? (Ekal Deep Kaur, India)
3. For Horam (Jalal Saed Panah, Iran)
Youth Jury selection: Kittu Katha (Nikhil Kumar Reddy, India)
F. Dita’s act of love (Bambang C Irawan, Indonesia)
F. All the Ness subscribers (Bruna Steudel, Brazil)
Special Diploma «For the original screenplay»: Dita’s act of love (Bambang C Irawan, Indonesia)
Special Diploma «For acting ensemble»: All the Ness subscribers (Bruna Steudel, Brazil)
A film where children play, the category «Adults for children»
1. Film magazine of the Foundation for the Development of children’s cinema «Creation», films: «Duel», «Fashionable fight», «Disguise» (Eduard Gabidullin, Foundation for the Development of Children’s Cinema «Creation», Samara, Russia)
2. Candle of Desires (Marianna Frolova, Moscow, Russia)
3. Scorpion (Angelika Kosheva, KinoNiva Children’s Studio, Gelendzhik, Russia)
f. Seven Samurai and Panthers (Elena Ryazanova, Dmitry Gansky, Sladky Film Studio Moscow, Russia)
F. The Christmas Miracle (Elena Stoikina, CHOU RO «NERPC (MP), Alexander Nevsky Orthodox Gymnasium, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia)
F. How to find friends (Oleg Zakharov, KinoNiva Children’s Studio, Gelendzhik, Russia)
F. Miracles are not over (Natalia Shchelokova, KinoNiva Children’s Studio, Gelendzhik, Russia)
F. Game (Dmitry Moguchev, Azart Children’s Theater Studio, St. Petersburg, Russia)
Special diploma «For the best acting children’s Ensemble»: Roman Nesynov (Krasnodar), Ruslan Shaburin and Nikita Shcherbakov (Rostov-on-Don), Scorpion (Angelika Kosheva, KinoNiva Children’s Studio, Gelendzhik, Russia)
Special diploma «For the best children’s role»: Emilina Posokhova, Children’s Theater Studio «Not for Fun», Candle of Desires (Marianna Frolova, Moscow, Russia)
Special diploma «For the director’s decision»: Seven Samurai and Panthers (Elena Ryazanova, Dmitry Gansky, Sladky Film Studio Moscow, Russia)
Special diploma «For the original script»: The Christmas Miracle (Elena Stoikina, CHOU RO «NERPC (MP), Alexander Nevsky Orthodox Gymnasium, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia)
Animation, category «Adults for children»
1. A letter for you! (Sergey Strusovsky, Soyuzmultfilm, Moscow, Russia)
2. How the goat built the hut (Nadezhda Boyko, Ural Cinema Studio LLC, Yekaterinburg, Russia)
3. Little Sun, episode of the animated series «Umka» (Tatyana Kiselyova, Soyuzmultfilm, Moscow, Russia)
F. Secret (Margarita Nagibina, Studio «Window», Creative association Yarmaz- Perspektiva, Yaroslavl, Russia)
F. Heart of the Ocean (Natalia Kharina, Alena Rubinstein, LLCProrat», Russia)
F. Recipe book (Alexey Alekseev, Institute of Education, Russia)
F. Pushkin (Maxim Polyakov, Yekaterininsky Foundation for Culture and Art Support, Moscow, Russia)
F. Drop (Claudio Quattrone, Italy)
f. The Biscuiteers (Yavor Kalatchev, Bulgaria)
F. Toshka and his friends. Augmented reality. Reboot. (Alexander Lenkin, Belarusfilm National Film Studio, Belarus)
F. Mouse House (Timon Leder, Slovenia)
Special diploma «For original artistic embodiment»: A Secret (Margarita Nagibina, Studio «Window», Yarmaz-Perspektiva Creative Association, Yaroslavl, Russia)
Special diploma «For the best 3D animation»: The Heart of the Ocean (Natalia Kharina, Alena Rubinstein, Prorat LLC, Russia)
Special prize Administration of the city district of Rybinsk Recipe Book (Alexey Alekseev, Institute of Education, Russia) «For the original script»:
The Heart of the Ocean (Natalia Kharina, Alena Rubinstein, Prorat LLC, Russia)
Special Diploma «For Progressive Directing»: Pushkin (Maxim Polyakov, Ekaterininsky Foundation for Culture and Art Support, Moscow, Russia)
Special diploma «For the best voice acting of an animated film»: Toshka and his friends. Augmented reality. Reboot. (Alexander Lenkin, Belarusfilm National Film Studio, Belarus)
Social film, category «Adults for children»
1. Umbrella (Seyed Sadegh Hoseini, Iran)
1. Siren (Stephan Baykal, Turkey)
2. Dream on wall (Ayad Abd ALhussain, Iraq)
3. Silence (Hsin Cheng, Taiwan)
F. Respiration (Movie Magnet Studio, Iran)
Non—fiction film, category «Adults for children»
2. The element of talent. New names. (Anna Yanovskaya, ANO for the Promotion of military-patriotic education «SOYUZ», Moscow)
2. A Man of work (Olga Azhnakina, Yablonya Creative Association LLC, Moscow, Russia)
3. Me and cinema (Tatiana Miroshnik, Film Program XXI century, Russia)
F. I invented an electric scooter (Ruben Kazaryan, with the support of Bior Alem company, Kazakhstan)
F. Mom, I’m going into space! (Andranik Sargsyan, Daria Kulikova, Sofia Shugai, S.A. Gerasimov VGIK, Moscow, Russia)