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INTERNATIONAL AWARD «MY AFFECTIONATE AND NECESSARY ANIMAL»

Nomination "Our Brothers"

  • 01. Musya the Cat (Crimea)
    01. Musya the Cat (Crimea)
  • 09. Donbass the German Shepherd (Irkutsk-Lugansk)
    09. Donbass the German Shepherd (Irkutsk-Lugansk)
  • 15. Dark the Labrador-retriever (Belarus)
    15. Dark the Labrador-retriever (Belarus)
  • 24. Rainier the Doberman (Leningrad region)
    24. Rainier the Doberman (Leningrad region)
  • 27. Vizha the Cat (Donetsk-Moscow)
    27. Vizha the Cat (Donetsk-Moscow)

Nomination "Responsible for those.. "

  • 18. Omsk Tails Shelter (Omsk)
    18. Omsk Tails Shelter (Omsk)
  • 27. Rescuers of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Belarus (Minsk)
    27. Rescuers of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Belarus (Minsk)
  • 29. Alyona Kirusheva (Syktyvkar)
    29. Alyona Kirusheva (Syktyvkar)
  • 34. Mother Arseniya (Lipetsk region)
    34. Mother Arseniya (Lipetsk region)
  • 36. Nayda Homeless Animal Protection Center (Novgorod Region)
    36. Nayda Homeless Animal Protection Center (Novgorod Region)

Nomination "Our Brothers"

Номинация "Братья наши"
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Nomination "Responsible for those.. "

Номинация "В ответе за тех"
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News

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Дорогие друзья, за восемь дней до финиша ситуация в обеих номинациях на первый взгляд не изменилась.
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At midnight Kaliningrad time, the counting of votes is stopped, the first round is completed. At 9.30 a.m., the final stage of the "Popular Vote" starts.
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There is very little time left until we find out the names and nicknames of the laureates and prize-winners of our good project.
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Dear friends, there are exactly seven days left until the end of the first round of the "Popular Vote".

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The jury

Lyubov Sovershaeva - Deputy Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Northwestern Federal District, Chairman of the jury

Lyubov Sovershaeva

Deputy Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Northwestern Federal District, Chairman of the jury

Sergey Vorobyov - actor, stuntman, stage director

Sergey Vorobyov

Actor, stuntman, stage director

Kirill Gavrilov - production designer in the field of cinema and theater, the author of personal exhibitions

Kirill Gavrilov

Production designer in the field of cinema and theater, the author of personal exhibitions

Alexander Gurnov – journalist, TV presenter, political commentator for RT TV channel

Alexander Gurnov

Journalist, TV presenter, political commentator for RT TV channel

Andrey Ermak - Minister of Culture and Tourism of the Kaliningrad Region

Andrei Yermak

Minister of Culture and Tourism of the Kaliningrad Region

Vladimir Kasyutin - Secretary of the Union of Journalists of Russia

Vladimir Kasyutin

Secretary of the Union of Journalists of Russia

Dmitry Komendantov — Director of work with the public sector VK

Dmitry Komendantov

Director of work with the public sector VK

Chairman of the Mogilev Regional Organization of the Belarusian Union of Journalists, Director of the Mogilev Television and Radio Company (Belarus)

Tatiana Larina

Chairman of the Mogilev Regional Organization of the Belarusian Union of Journalists, Director of the Mogilev Television and Radio Company (Belarus)

Svetlana Logunova - the first and only cat chef in the world

Svetlana Logunova

The first and only cat chef in the world

Robert Merva — director of TORDEN Publishing House, Vice-Chairman of the Association of Independent Media of Slovakia

Robert Merva

director of TORDEN Publishing House, Vice-Chairman of the Association of Independent Media of Slovakia

Maria Ozmitel - journalist, correspondent of the Central Asian representative office of the Federal State Budgetary Institution “Editing Office of Rossiyskaya Gazeta” (Kyrgyzstan)

Maria Ozmitel

Journalist, correspondent of the Central Asian representative office of the Federal State Budgetary Institution “Editing Office of Rossiyskaya Gazeta” (Kyrgyzstan)

Alexander Potekhin - Director of the St. Petersburg Regional Information Center TASS

Alexander Potekhin

Director of the St. Petersburg Regional Information Center TASS

Ruslana Rukhadze — screenwriter, actress, director

Ruslana Rukhadze

Screenwriter, actress, director

Tatiana Samarskaya — director of the Studio of Military Artists named after M.B.Grekov, Honorary Member of the Russian Academy of Arts

Tatiana Samarskaya

Director of the Studio of Military Artists named after M.B.Grekov, Honorary Member of the Russian Academy of Arts

Alexander Smal – Russian TV presenter on channel «One»

Alexander Smal

Russian TV presenter on channel «One»

Svetlana Sokolova — Director of the Kaliningrad Zoo

Svetlana Sokolova

Director of the Kaliningrad Zoo

Anatoly Starodvorsky - Head of the Union of Journalists of Russia

Anatoly Starodvorsky

Head of the Union of Journalists of Russia

German Ferras - journalist and diplomat, head of the correspondent office of the Latin American agency Prensa Latin

German Ferras

journalist and diplomat, head of the correspondent office of the Latin American agency Prensa Latin

Arina Sharapova - journalist, public figure

Arina Sharapova

Journalist, public figure

Goran Shimpraga – head of the Belgrade media center «Russian express» (Serbia)

Goran Shimpraga

Head of the Belgrade media center «Russian express» (Serbia)

Timur Shafir - Secretary of the Union of Journalists of Russia, Vice-President of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)

Timur Shafir

Secretary of the Union of Journalists of Russia, Vice-President of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)

Fedor Yurchikhin - Pilot-cosmonaut of the Russian Federation, Hero of Russia, President of the Center for Cosmonautics and Aviation at VDNKh

Fedor Yurchikhin

Pilot-cosmonaut of the Russian Federation, Hero of Russia, President of the Center for Cosmonautics and Aviation at VDNKh

DECLARE A HERO

FROM JANUARY 1, 2025
TO MAY 31, 2026

STAGES OF THE EVENT

APPLICATIONS ARE ACCEPTED UNTIL
JANUARY 15, 2026

FROM JANUARY 2026
- JURY VOTING

JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2026
- POPULAR VOTE

THE AWARD CEREMONY WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE SPRING OF 2026 IN ZELENOGRADSK

THE 2025 AWARD

The nominees for the "My affectionate and necessary animal" award are animals that have committed important and worthy deeds that caused a wide public response in the media and the Internet over the past year, determined by the organizing committee during the monitoring of applications received.

The nominees in the special nomination "Responsible for those ..." are the people who have distinguished themselves most in the protection of wildlife.

Any citizen of Russia and another country can declare a participant by sending an application in any form by January 15, 2026, as well as a link to the publication.

 

In the media nomination, journalists and bloggers who write about problems of interaction with the outside world can apply for the award.

Those wishing to participate in the journalistic nomination should familiarize themselves with the REGULATIONS of the COMPETITION FOR THE MEDIA. APPLICATIONS ARE ACCEPTED BY E-MAIL

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE AWARD

To pay tribute to the heroes from among our lesser brothers who have committed acts worthy of respect or raised important topical issues in our society.

​In the special nomination "Responsible for those ...", eco-defenders (public figures, organizations or just citizens) who have distinguished themselves most in the protection of wildlife are noted.

They don't know how to betray.

They don't know what cowardice and meanness are.

Their actions are admired.

And exploits make us remember,

That we are people!

And we are responsible for those who have been tamed!