Editing Russia (section)

=== Mass media and cinema ===
{{Main|Media of Russia|Cinema of Russia}}
[[File:2019-07-28-3385-Moscow-Ostankino-Tower.jpg|thumb|left|upright|[[Ostankino Tower]] in Moscow, the [[List of tallest freestanding structures|tallest freestanding structure]] in Europe<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rbth.com/arts/2017/08/08/the-high-life-how-to-get-to-ostankino-tower-and-what-to-do-there_818720 |title=The high life: How to get to Ostankino Tower and what to do there |work=[[Russia Beyond]] |last=Sinelschikova |first=Yekaterina |date=8 August 2017 |access-date=23 December 2021}}</ref>]]
There are 400 news agencies in Russia, among which the largest internationally operating are [[TASS]], [[RIA Novosti]], [[Sputnik (news agency)|Sputnik]], and [[Interfax]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ejc.net/media_landscapes/russia#link_312 |title=Russia – Media Landscape |work=[[European Journalism Centre]] |first=Natalya |last=Krasnoboka |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320003807/http://ejc.net/media_landscapes/russia#link_312 |archive-date=20 March 2018 |url-status=dead |access-date=15 May 2021}}</ref> [[Television in Russia|Television]] is the most popular medium in Russia.<ref name="bbcmedia">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-17840134 |title=Russia profile – Media |publisher=BBC |date=8 June 2021 |access-date=25 November 2021}}</ref> Among the 3,000 licensed radio stations nationwide, notable ones include [[Radio Rossii]], [[Vesti FM]], [[Echo of Moscow]], [[Radio Mayak]], and [[Russkoye Radio]]. Of the 16,000 registered newspapers, {{Lang|ru-latn|[[Argumenty i Fakty]]}}, [[Komsomolskaya Pravda]], {{Lang|ru-latn|[[Rossiyskaya Gazeta]]}}, [[Izvestia]], and [[Moskovskij Komsomolets]] are popular. State-run [[Channel One Russia|Channel One]] and [[Russia-1]] are the leading news channels, while [[RT (TV network)|RT]] is the flagship of Russia's international media operations.<ref name="bbcmedia"/> Russia has the [[Video games in Russia|largest video gaming market]] in Europe, with over 65 million players nationwide.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://newzoo.com/insights/infographics/russia-games-market-2018/ |title=Russia Games Market 2018 |work=Newzoo |date=11 July 2018 |access-date=27 January 2020 |archive-date=23 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923234044/https://newzoo.com/insights/infographics/russia-games-market-2018/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Russian and later [[Soviet cinema]] was a hotbed of invention, resulting in world-renowned films such as ''[[Battleship Potemkin]]'', which was named the [[List of films considered the best|greatest film of all time]] at the [[Expo 58|Brussels World's Fair]] in 1958.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Miller |first=Jamie |jstor=20451166 |title=Soviet Cinema, 1929–41: The Development of Industry and Infrastructure |journal=[[Europe-Asia Studies]] |volume=58 |number=1 |year=2006 |pages=103–124 |doi=10.1080/09668130500401715 |s2cid=153570960}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Hodgson |first=Jonathan |url=https://www.play.mdx.ac.uk/media/EISENSTEIN%2C+Sergei+-+BATTLESHIP+POTEMKIN+-+1925+Russia/1_sub9wj41 |title=Eisenstein, Sergei – Battleship Potemkin – 1925 Russia |publisher=[[Middlesex University]] |date=4 December 2020 |access-date=10 July 2021}}</ref> Soviet-era filmmakers, most notably [[Sergei Eisenstein]] and [[Andrei Tarkovsky]], would go on to become among of the world's most innovative and influential directors.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.inverse.com/article/40392-sergei-eisenstein-google-doodle |title=Sergei Eisenstein: How the "Father of Montage" Reinvented Cinema |work=[[Inverse (website)|Inverse]] |first=Mike |last=Brown |date=22 January 2018 |access-date=27 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/where-begin-with-andrei-tarkovsky |title=Where to begin with Andrei Tarkovsky |work=[[British Film Institute]] |quote=He made only seven features, but Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky is widely regarded as one of cinema's true masters. |first=Carmen |last=Gray |date=27 October 2015 |access-date=27 May 2021}}</ref> Eisenstein was a student of [[Lev Kuleshov]], who developed the groundbreaking [[Soviet montage theory]] of film editing at the world's first film school, the [[Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography|All-Union Institute of Cinematography]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/All-Union-State-Institute-of-Cinematography |title=All-Union State Institute of Cinematography |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]] |access-date=29 June 2021}}</ref> [[Dziga Vertov]]'s "[[Kino-Eye]]" theory had a large effect on the development of documentary filmmaking and cinema realism.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.yale.edu/2019/08/12/yale-film-scholar-dziga-vertov-enigma-movie-camera |title=Yale film scholar on Dziga Vertov, the enigma with a movie camera |work=[[Yale University]] |first=Kendall |last=Teare |date=12 August 2019 |access-date=21 June 2021}}</ref> Many Soviet socialist realism films were artistically successful, including ''[[Chapaev (film)|Chapaev]]'', ''[[The Cranes Are Flying]]'', and ''[[Ballad of a Soldier]]''.<ref name="Bulgakova-2012"/>

The 1960s and 1970s saw a greater variety of artistic styles in Soviet cinema.<ref name="Bulgakova-2012"/> The comedies of [[Eldar Ryazanov]] and [[Leonid Gaidai]] of that time were immensely popular, with many of the catchphrases still in use today.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/eldar-ryazanov-films/27398408.html |title=Eldar Ryazanov And His Films |publisher=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]] |date=30 November 2015 |access-date=27 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Prokhorova |first1=Elena |last2=Beumers |first2=Birgit |title=A History of Russian Cinema |date=2008 |section=The Man Who Made Them Laugh: Leonid Gaidai, the King of Soviet Comedy |isbn=978-1-84520-215-6 |publisher=[[Berg Publishers]] |pages=519–542}}</ref> In 1961–68 [[Sergey Bondarchuk]] directed an [[Academy Award|Oscar]]-winning [[War and Peace (film series)|film adaptation]] of Leo Tolstoy's epic ''[[War and Peace]]'', which was [[the most expensive film]] made in the Soviet Union.<ref name="Bulgakova-2012"/> In 1969, [[Vladimir Motyl]]'s ''[[White Sun of the Desert]]'' was released, a very popular film in a genre of [[ostern]]; the film is traditionally watched by [[cosmonauts]] before any trip into space.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://filmlinc.com/wrt/onsale08/russian08/whitesunofthedesert.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905102633/http://filmlinc.com/wrt/onsale08/russian08/whitesunofthedesert.html |archive-date=5 September 2008 |publisher=[[Film at Lincoln Center]] |title=White Sun of the Desert|access-date=18 January 2008}}</ref> After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Russian cinema industry suffered large losses—however, since the late 2000s, it has seen growth once again, and continues to expand.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2019/01/18/the-revival-of-russias-cinema-industry-a64197 |title=The Revival of Russia's Cinema Industry |work=[[The Moscow Times]] |first=Ben |last=Aris |date=18 January 2019|access-date=25 May 2021}}</ref>