What is "roskino"

Roskino or Federal Agency on Culture and Cinematography was a federal establishment in the Russian Federation.

It was abolished by President on May 12, 2008, with its functions handed over to the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.

On September 30, 1992, the State Committee of Russian Federation for Cinematography was created, which was called "Roskomkino" (Роскомкино). By a decree of August 14, 1996 it was made from "State Committee" into the "Committee" which is its current name (Roskino, Russian: Роскино). It was modeled on the Soviet goskino.