industry leaders

Among them are individual entrepreneurs, managers, authors, and entire teams. They make a significant contribution to the development of their respective industries, forge new directions and business models at the intersection of sectors, enhancing the region's export potential and competitiveness. The list is compiled by the project's analytical group based on a survey of no fewer than 350 experts from 14 spheres of creative industries.

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Igor

Rudnik

Dancer, choreographer-stager, choreographer of TV projects "Star Factory" and "Dance"

Performing arts

Male

Grigory

Rushev

Jewelry designer, founder of the Rushev jewelry brand

Fashion

Male

Andrey

Ryzhkov

Music producer and sound engineer, co-founder of the KOV KOV music workshop and curator of the Music Production course at the Moscow Music School

Music

Male

Irina

Ryabko

CEO of the multi-brand store "Remark"

Fashion

Female

Tatyana

Saveleva

Founder and former head of Yandex SupportAI, CEO of Journey AI

Video games and software

Female

Maria

Savinykh

Creative director of the Soyuzmultfilm studio

Film and animation/broadcasting

Female

Artem

Sageev

Producer and screenwriter of the series "Social Networks"

Film and animation/broadcasting

Male

Anton

Sakara

Author of the "Dad Shocked" blog, teacher, creative director and co-founder of Raketamedia design studio, creator of "The Now Button" app

Design

Male

Aidan

Salahova

Painter, sculptor, gallerist, public figure, educator, professor, Honored Art Worker of the Russian Federation.

Visual arts

Female

Renat

Salikhov

Director of E-commerce and Digital Transformation at "Coffeemania", developer, leader of the MosPoly Virtual Game Studio team

Video games and software

Male

Petr

Salnikov

Founder of the entertainment holding Disgusting Men.

Publishing and new media

Male

Yulia

Salnikova

Multidisciplinary 3D artist, specializes in creating avatars, virtual clothing, accessories, and digital worlds for fashion brands, artists, and magazines.

Visual arts

Female

Irina

Saminskaya

Project manager at the Winzavod Contemporary Art Support Fund.

Visual arts

Female

Lena

Samoylova

Partner, CEO, Account Director of Zebra Hero creative agency

Advertising

Female

Evgeny

Sangadzhiev

Film director, screenwriter, producer, theater and film actor

Film and animation/broadcasting

Male

Felix

Sandalov

Journalist, editor-in-chief of the publishing house Individuum.

Publishing and new media

Male

Igor

Sandler

Musician, music producer, radio host, Honored Worker of Culture of Russia

Music

Male

Alexandra

Sankova

Design historian, member of the National Academy of Design, founder and CEO of the Moscow Museum of Design

Design

Female

Yulia

Saponova

Director of documentary and fiction films, commercial director

Film and animation/broadcasting

Female

Tagir

Safaev

Head of the "Font and Typography" course, teacher at the Institute of Business and Design, academician of the Academy of Graphic Design and the International Typography Association ATypI

Design

Male

Nikas

Safronov

Artist, member of the Russian Academy of Arts, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation and People's Artist of the Russian Federation.

Visual arts

Male

Konstantin

Sakhnov

Game Producer and founder of the indie studio Vengeance Games

Video games and software

Male

Vladimir

Sakhnovsky

Animation film director, creator of animated series

Film and animation/broadcasting

Male

Nikolay

Sachenko

Violinist, laureate of the XI International Tchaikovsky Competition, People's Artist of the Russian Federation

Music

Male

Eva

Sviridova

Founder of Sxema studio, digital clothing designer, producer of projects related to metaverses and digital avatars, in 2MRW studio

Design

Female

Yulia

Svoboda

Illustrator, graphic designer, and Skillbox teacher.

Visual arts

Female

Andrey

Sebrant

Director of Strategic Marketing at Yandex

Advertising

Male

Maxim

Sevagin

Ballet artist and choreographer, artistic director of the ballet troupe of the Moscow Academic Musical Theater named after K. S. Stanislavsky and V. I. Nemirovich-Danchenko

Performing arts

Male

Eleonora

Sevenard

Ballerina, prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Theater

Performing arts

Female

Alisa

Selezneva

Radio and TV host, actress

Film and animation/broadcasting

Female

Olga

Seliverstova

Opera singer (soprano), soloist of the State Academic Bolshoi Theatre of Russia, teacher, founder of the educational project "Metamorphosis"

Music

Female

Elena

Selina

Art historian, art critic, curator, creator and curator of the XL gallery, curator of the 3rd Moscow International Biennale of Young Art.

Visual arts

Female

Dmitry

Selipanov

Pianist and composer, author of film music

Music

Male

Vladimir

Semenov

President of the Russian PEN Center, director of the Moscow Library of Arts named after A. P. Bogolyubov and the library "House of A. F. Losev".

Publishing and new media

Male

Ulyana

Sergienko

Fashion designer, creator of the Ulyana Sergeenko brand

Fashion

Female

Oksana

Serik

Founder of the Oksana Serikko Flamenco School, choreographer, and teacher

Performing arts

Female

Denis

Serikov

Media manager, former general producer of the GPM Radio group, creator and former head of the Like FM radio station, head of the Russian branch of NRJ Radio.

Music

Male

Sergey

Serov

Art historian, curator, founder and head of the Higher Academic School of Graphic Design.

Visual arts

Male

Egor

Sesarev

Singer, songwriter, sound producer, owner of the ESMO prod music production.

Music

Male

Victoria

Sid

Author of the project and artistic director of the inclusive theater "Seagulls"

Performing arts

Female

Ivan

Sidenko

Creative Director at Re:evolution agency

Advertising

Male

Valeriy

Sidorenko

CEO of digital agency "Interium"

Advertising

Male

Dmitry

Sidorov

Head of the Multimedia Design Workshop at the National Institute of Design

Design

Male

Maxim

Silenkov

Former curator of the UX/UI Product Design course at the British Higher School of Design, designer, interdisciplinary artist, author of multimedia art objects and architectural installations

Design

Male

Sergey

Simakov

Chairman of the Regional Public Foundation for the Development of Cinematography

Film and animation/broadcasting

Male

Victoria

Simakova

Head of the architectural division of the "M4" bureau

Architecture

Female

Sofya

Simakova

Co-founder of the online gallery SAMPLE.

Visual arts

Female

Ivan

Simonov

Artist, engages in street art using collage techniques, public art, sculpture.

Visual arts

Male

Ivan

Sintsov

Composer in the field of cinema and television

Film and animation/broadcasting

Male

Artem

Sinyavskiy

Founder of Marvelous Group

Advertising

Male

Vladilen

Sitnikov

Co-owner of creative agency Grape

Advertising

Male

Anna

Sladkova

Artist, laureate of the Moscow Art Prize in the category of "Visual Arts".

Visual arts

Female

Anton

Smetankin

General Director of the animation studio "Parovoz", producer

Film and animation/broadcasting

Male

Evgeny

Smirnov

Head of the Machine Learning Laboratory at Alfa-Bank

Video games and software

Male

Sergey

Smirnov

Industrial designer, founder of Smirnov Design company, vice president of the Russian Designers Union

Design

Male

Konstantin

Smirnov

Film director

Film and animation/broadcasting

Male

Maria

Smirnova

Director of content and distribution at KION ("MTS Media")

Film and animation/broadcasting

Female

Maria

Smirnova

Director of content and distribution at KION ("MTS Media")

Film and animation/broadcasting

Female

Yulia

Snigir

Actress of theater and cinema, TV presenter, photo model

Performing arts

Female

Alexander

Sober

Music video director

Film and animation/broadcasting

Male

Ilya

Sobol

Former curator of the "Object Design / Design of the Future" specialization at the Higher School of Economics Design School, founder of the inventive bureau "Izobryulo"

Design

Male

Ksenia

Sobchak

Journalist, public figure, author and host of the YouTube channel "Be Careful: Sobchak".

Publishing and new media

Female

Yaroslav

Sokolov

Medical journalist, author of the books "Challenge Accepted" and "To Know by Eyes", PR director of the NMi Group holding.

Publishing and new media

Male

Andrey

Sokolov

Actor of theater and cinema, director, screenwriter, producer, People's Artist of the Russian Federation

Performing arts

Male

Viktor

Sokolov

Head of Slava agency

Advertising

Male

Ksenia

Solovyeva

Former editor-in-chief of Vogue, runs the Telegram channel "Ksenia Solovyova".

Publishing and new media

Female

Grigory

Solomin

Managing partner, director of the company "New Land"

Architecture

Male

Sergey

Soltan

Chair of the Graphic Design Department and head of the Visual Communications Design Workshop at the National Institute of Design

Design

Male

Svetlana

Sonina

Deputy General Producer of the online cinema Okko, head of children's and youth film direction

Film and animation/broadcasting

Female

Artem

Staborovsky

Co-founder of the architectural bureau SAGA

Architecture

Male

Elena

Starodub

Actress of theater and cinema, Honored Artist of Russia

Performing arts

Female

Elena

Starostina

Executive Director of the Russian Book Union.

Publishing and new media

Female

Alexander

Stepanov

Rapper aka ST, former member of the Phlatline collective, finalist of the first season of the "Battle for Respect" show, songwriter for pop stars.

Music

Male

Irina

Stepanova

Art market expert, CEO of "Sotheby's Russia".

Visual arts

Female

Ivan

Stoletov

Blogger, founder and producer of the video production Eclectica.

Publishing and new media

Male

Yuriy

Stoyanov

Theater and film actor, humorist, parodist, TV presenter, musician, People's Artist of the Russian Federation, author, director, and performer in the TV humor program "Gorodok"

Film and animation/broadcasting

Male

Leonid

Strakhov

CEO of "Sportmaster"

Fashion

Male

Nadezhda

Strelets

Journalist, blogger, host of an author's channel on YouTube called "Nadezhda Strelets".

Publishing and new media

Female

Natalya

Struchkova

Artist, designer, laureate of the national prize "Intel Internet" in the category of "Network Art".

Visual arts

Female

Oleg

Stukalov

Art director and chief architect of "Studio Artemy Lebedev", designer, blogger

Design

Male

Evgeny

Stychkin

Actor and director of theater, cinema, and dubbing, TV presenter

Performing arts

Male

Igor

Sukachev

Rock musician, poet, composer, actor in cinema, dubbing and voice-over, theater and cinema director, screenwriter, TV presenter, leader of the bands "Sunset by Hand", "Postscriptum", "Brigade C", and "The Untouchables".

Music

Male

Larisa

Surovaya

Founder of the Surovaya clothing brand

Fashion

Female

Alexey

Sukharev

Stylist, creator and host of the "Fashion Podcast"

Fashion

Male

Alexey

Sysoev

Composer, member of the Union of Composers of Russia, experimental musician, recipient of the National Theatre Award "Golden Mask".

Music

Male

Alena

Sycheva

Film critic, founder and General Director of the Paranoid Animation Studio

Film and animation/broadcasting

Female

Pavel

Tabakov

Actor of theater and cinema

Performing arts

Male

Ivan

Talachev

Author and host of the podcast "Home Alone". Co-host of DTF Podcast and "What Was Before?"

Publishing and new media

Male

Sergey

Tanin

Co-founder of PEAK, FOAM, Don’t Touch My Skin, The Blue Store

Fashion

Male

Roman

Tarasenko

Author of books, marketer and host of the popular podcast "Something's Wrong".

Publishing and new media

Male

Maria

Tarasova

TV presenter, journalist, blogger.

Publishing and new media

Female

Valeriya

Tarasova

Producer

Film and animation/broadcasting

Female

Elvira

Tarnogradskaya

Director and founder of the Syntax gallery in the Cube.Moscow space, curator, art dealer, founder of the Artika Project company.

Visual arts

Female

Alexander

Tattari

Theater actor, head of the "Alexander Tatarsky Theater Art Center" at the Moscow Lianozovsky Theater

Performing arts

Male

Ivan

Tverdovsky

Film director and screenwriter, winner of the International Film Festival in Karlovy Vary, participant of the Venice International Film Festival, member of the European Film Academy

Film and animation/broadcasting

Male

Igor

Tverdokhlebov

Film director

Film and animation/broadcasting

Male

Andrey

Ternov

Writer, professor and full member of the Academy of Literary Documentary, member of the International Academy of Russian Literature.

Publishing and new media

Male

Valeriya

Titova

Neuroartist, author of neurogenerative graphics for the exhibition "Alice in Neuro Kingdom" at Zaryadye, curator of the SberMuse program.

Visual arts

Female

Maria

Titova

Founder of the Cocos brand

Fashion

Female

Nikita

Tikhonov-Rau

Author and director of over 30 original social documentaries

Film and animation/broadcasting

Male