12 winners of the V Anniversary Russian National Award in the field of creative industries have been announced

On December 1, 2025, the Zaryadye Concert Hall hosted the award ceremony for the winners of the V Anniversary Russian National Award in the Field of Creative Industries. The event brought together about 600 guests from various regions of Russia and more than 12,000 people watched the broadcast online.

The award, established in 2021 with the support of Sergey Kiriyenko, First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation, has become the main platform for recognizing the best projects in the field of creative industries over the past five years. During the event, more than 6 thousand projects from all over the country took part in it. 183 participants became finalists, and 61 projects were awarded the title of laureate, including the winners of the 2025 anniversary ceremony.

This year, the award received more than 1,400 applications from 79 regions of the country. The expert jury, which includes more than 40 government officials and leaders of the creative industries, selected 33 finalists in 11 nominations. Among the jury members were Alexander Novak, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Maxim Oreshkin, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation, Sergey Novikov, Head of the Presidential Office for Public Projects, Maxim Reshetnikov, Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, Sergey Pershin, Deputy Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation, and others.

In the anniversary year of the award, two new nominations have been announced — "Agrocreanomics", partnered with the Ogorod magazine, and "Global Creanomics". Commenting on these innovations, Marina Mongush, President of ANO Creative Economy, emphasized the global importance of the award created in Russia.: "The creative economy is the breath of our country, its voice, its present and future. This year we are witnessing unprecedented excitement. For five years we have been gathering friends in this hall. These are the best of the best — leaders from all 16 creative industries in the country: media groups, designers, photographers, and journalists. All of them create content, meanings, and through creative industries broadcast to the world the beautiful things that our big country values: local identity, our cultural code, and the principles that every Russian lives by. I would like to emphasize that this year there are two new nominations — "Agrocreanomics" and "Global Creanomics". 34 finalists, 12 nominations, 12 success stories, 12 proofs that the Russian creative economy is a powerful, vibrant, pulsating force," said Marina Mongush.

Sergey Novikov, Head of the Office of the President of the Russian Federation for Public Projects, stressed that the creative industries in Russia are experiencing a real boom today. This is largely due to the influence that the Russian National Award has on them from year to year.

The winners of the Award received symbolic figurines in the shape of a sunflower seed, a symbol of growth and development, created by students of the Stieglitz Academy. In the Global Creanomics category, the award was presented by Maria Zakharova, Director of the Information and Press Department, Official Representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Tatyana Ilyushnikova, Deputy Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, and Inna Svyatenko, Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, in the Cultural Code category. In the Creative Innovations category, Natalia Popova, First Deputy Director General of the Innopraktika Non-Governmental Development Institute, presented the award to the winner.

Zaryadye Concert Hall has become a special space where the sounds of piano, opera voice and folk melodies are intertwined. Director Alexei Frandetti presented the ceremony in the format of a musical apartment party, creating an atmosphere of lively communication. The ceremony was hosted by Marina Mongush, President of ANO Creative Economy, and Roman Karmanov, General Director of the Presidential Foundation for Cultural Initiatives.