Russian cinemas are ending the year with positive financial momentum. According to Culture Minister Olga Lyubimova, box office takings reached 49.6 billion rubles by the end of December, which is 10% higher than last year’s figures.
By the end of 2025, the Russian media landscape has reached an important turning point.
The Moscow Arbitration Court has put an end to the dispute between a former Sony Pictures division (now Content Club) and the Cinema Park theater chain.
According to experts from the Russian media industry, 2025 has cemented the transition to a phase of “managed efficiency.”
Yandex has proposed a data-sharing scheme to online cinemas and social networks for transferring audience data to Mediascope, the authorized internet measurement body.
The paid television sector in Russia saw a turnaround in 2025: after two years of decline, the subscriber base began to grow again.
A proposal has been made in the Federation Council to equalize the requirements for offline and online cinemas.
Advertisers are increasingly abandoning illegal platforms. According to data from Digital Budget, in the first 11 months of 2025, advertising budgets on “pirate” sites plummeted by 7 billion rubles (a 54% drop year-on-year).
The Kaliningrad-based “CTC” factory (part of GS Group) has started assembling Wink Box Mini TV set-top boxes for Rostelecom. Previously, these devices were exclusively produced in China.
According to market sources, as of January 1, 2026, the French TV channels Mezzo and Mezzo Live HD have decided to cease broadcasting in Russia.
