FILE PHOTO: Russian singer Pugacheva arrives to pay her last respects to Kobzon, a veteran Russian singer and pro-Kremlin politician, in Moscow LONDON (Reuters) - Alla Pugacheva, the queen of Soviet ...
The conflict over Russia's role in Ukraine is spilling over into many aspects of Russian life, including its music scene. Some of the country's most popular musicians have taken stands against the ...
Alla Pugacheva, whose stardom has spanned from the Soviet era to after the Cold War, said the invasion of Ukraine had turned Russia into a “pariah.” By Anton Troianovski Russia’s defining 20th-century ...
WATCH Katya Soldak’s conversation with Max Pokrovsky, the leader of Russian rock band Nogu Svelo! (To hear the full interview with musician Max Pokrovsky – or to view other conversations with ...
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian prosecutors have asked the justice ministry to consider labelling Alla Pugacheva, the queen of Soviet pop music, as a "foreign agent", a move that would officially designate ...
On a dark spotlight-lit stage, a man in a long black suit, a yarmulke and a tallit slung over one shoulder fervently sings into a microphone while a dance troupe in similar, but sexier, garb twirls ...
The day singer-songwriter Manizha Sangin was supposed to headline a June music festival in St. Petersburg, Russia, she went instead to a shelter housing Ukrainian refugees. A week earlier, the ...
As a part of the ongoing fallout over Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a growing number of musical acts are canceling shows in the country in protest. As of Tuesday, more popular bands and artists have ...
A Russian mega-pop star’s criticism of President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine has set off intense reactions on social media, posing a critical question: Will the iconic singer’s disapproving ...
The Russian DJ Nina Kraviz is no longer playing at three music festivals this summer following criticism over her political history and recent rhetoric about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Kraviz, one ...
A branch of Russia's defense ministry released a pop song celebrating its vast nuclear arsenal. The song celebrates the power of the "Sarmat" missile, also known as the "Son of Satan." As its ...
MOSCOW — A Russian Web site that lets visitors download albums for less than $1 is a smash hit with music fans — but not with U.S. trade and music industry officials. The site is a pirate, they allege ...