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 ...

Says Alexander Panaiotov, a Russian pop star: “It’s the biggest musical event of the year. Of course it’s politicized.” A case in point, he says, is Russia and Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin greets Alla Pugacheva during a 2014 awards ceremony honoring the pop singer with the Order For Merit to the Fatherland. Sasha Mordovets/Getty ImagesDays before ...

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.” ...

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 Russia's most ...

Commissioner for the Protection of the State Language Olena Ivanovska has said that she believes that blocking Russian music ...

EADaily, August 26th, 2025. People's Artist of Russia Valery Leontiev really flew from the USA to the New Wave contest in Kazan. This is reported by the telegram channel Mash.

Performed by Russian singer Denis Maidanov, an accompanying music video was released by ParkPatriot.media, a propaganda arm of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

The group called Cream Soda released a song in 2017 about drowning in the Volga, four years before it's founding member died in the same way.

Anton Rubinstein’s 1871 opera, “Demon,” is a tried-and-true 19th-century plot with a religious twist: A fallen angel seeks redemption through a woman’s love. In Russia, it was the most ...

Veteran rocker Max Pokrovskiy, leader of the popular Russian pop-punk rock band Nogu Svelo!, used to fill large concert halls and arenas in Russia. He’s maintained a loyal fan-base ever since ...

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 Russia's most ...