On 22-24 June, Tomsk hosted the 6^th Intelligence - 21^st Century international media forum of research, educational and innovation programmes, sponsored by the Russian Geographical Society (RGS).

“The Snow Leopard at the Sayano-Shushensky Nature Reserve”, a film made by a team of Sayano-Shushensky researchers in cooperation with the RGS Khakassia branch and the VideoAbakan studio, won a special award in the category Discovering Russia and the World Together with the Russian Geographical Society. The film educates viewers about the snow leopards inhabiting the Sayano-Shushensky Nature Reserve, intra- and interspecies relations, modern field research methods, and efforts to protect these rare wild cats both inside the reserve and across the region. The film uses animation, footage taken in the reserve and images from trail cameras.

The media forum’s jury selected winners in fourteen categories out of a total of 150 films and programmes submitted from Arkhangelsk, Dagestan, Yaroslavl, Rostov-on-Don, Moscow, Kurgan, Tomsk, Kuzbas, the Krasnoyarsk Territory, Khakassia, the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area, the Kolpashevo district of the Tomsk Region, and elsewhere.