MOSCOW, December 28. /TASS/. Russian movie audiences in cinemas more than doubled in 2023 compared to 2021, reaching more than 90 million people, Russian Minister of Culture Olga Lyubimova said during a TASS press conference dedicated to summarizing the year in the Russian film business.

"Attendance at Russian films more than doubled - in 2021 we had 37.5 mln viewers, 2023 - more than 90 mln viewers," she said.

Lyubimova noted that there was 2,179 cinemas in Russia in 2021, and 2,278 cinemas, and around 6,000 movie halls in 2023.