This week: a round-up of Russian cultural news

The Tolmachevy Sisters representing Russia at this year’s Eurovision song contest

Pussy Riot talks to US congress about prisoners’ rights in Russia; Vladimir Putin bans profanity in the arts; and Russia’s first hotel for cats opens in Moscow. A quick look at this week’s top cultural stories from Russia.

A new biopic of Ronald Reagan has begun development, with the movie surprisingly told from the point of view of a Russian KGB officer.

Pussy Riot’s Nadia Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina addressed the US congress in Washington DC this week, discussing prisoners’ rights in Russia and calling for the names of 16 Russian officials to be added to the US “Magnitsky” list of the sanctioned officials.

The St Petersburg human rights festival May 32 was forced to move location, following a surprise fire inspection at the festival’s opening which concluded that the venue violated fire safety rules.

Putin secretly awarded 300 journalists the medal of the Order of Service to the Fatherland for their “objective coverage” of the events leading to the annexation of Crimea.

Despite being booed at this year’s Eurovision song contest in Copenhagen, Russia’s representatives, the Tolmachevy Sisters, make it through to the final round.

An army recruitment centre opened up in front of St Petersburg State Hermitage Museum on Wednesday, inviting those wishing to enlist to take preliminary tests to evaluate their level of fitness for army life.

Pro-Russian pet owners in Ukraine have responded to the US sanctions against Moscow, with snaps of cats, dogs, bunnies and geese donning Russia’s victory day ribbon taking over the internet.

Gay rights activist Alexander Yermoshkin from the eastern city of Kharbarovsk had his request to hold a public event against LGBT discrimination approved.

And…Sir Cat, Russia’s first hotel for cats, is now open in Moscow, with its 14 glass pens for 450 roubles ($12.5) per night complete with webcams so owners can keep an eye on their feline pets from their phones.