📽 Cinema Attendance in Russia Declines for the Third Year
Over the first 11 months of 2025, Russian cinemas recorded 108.4 million admissions, 8 million fewer than the year before.
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🔍 People Can’t Tell AI-Generated Content From Real
Every fifth resident of Russia (21%) regularly encounters AI-generated content. At the same time, 43% of respondents admitted they cannot distinguish a deepfake from material created by a human.
📱 Vertical Content Has Captured the Audience
In 2025, vertical content formats became the main trend on VKontakte, significantly increasing audience engagement, as stated in the platform’s year-end results.
🛡 RSCC Develops Its Own TV Signal Protection System
The Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) has developed its own conditional access and TV signal encryption system (CAS). The announcement was made by CEO Alexey Volin.
🛰 Tricolor is Building Its Own Teleport
The operator Tricolor plans to launch its own teleport by the end of 2025, with an estimated cost of over 400 million rubles. The facility is expected to be located in Krasnoyarsk.
🎞 Lenfilm to Transfer Into Ownership of St. Petersburg
The President of Russia has signed a decree transferring 100% of the shares of Lenfilm Studio — currently owned by the Federal Agency for State Property Management — into the ownership of St. Petersburg.
🥊 GPM Fends Off DDoS Attacks
The Gazprom-Media holding (GPM) reported a significant increase in DDoS attacks on its digital infrastructure since November 24.
📆 RSCC to Hold a Historic Tender
The Federal State Unitary Enterprise “Russian Satellite Communications Company” (RSCC) has announced the largest tender in its history — an open competition for the production of four geostationary communication satellites.
🛰 Government to Fund New Satellites
The Russian government will allocate 16.7 billion rubles to the Ministry of Digital Development by the end of 2025 to provide state support to the Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC).
🖍 Mandatory Content Labeling May Appear in Russia
The Ministry of Digital Development is working on a regulatory framework for introducing technology that signs content and code, aimed at reliably verifying the identity of users who publish materials and combating deepfakes.