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In the wake of Russia’s attack on Ukraine, many American companies initiated boycotts and refused to do business in Russia, including Universal Music Group. However, that apparently hasn’t stopped one ...

Offset is advertising a gig in Moscow next month, despite his label’s boycott against Russia. The 39-year-old rapper, who’s real name is Kiari Kendrell Cephus, posted on Instagram that he’ll appear at ...

Banished from Eurovision, Russia will launch the final of its own international song contest at President Vladimir Putin’s behest on Saturday, with a Soviet-era name and acts intended to promote ...

The foreign policy spokesman of Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in the Bundestag Matthias Moosdorf speaks during the Bundestag debate on the "Peace Initiative for Ukraine and Russia" ...

He drew on Russian literature for his stage works and was an eager experimenter, inspired by folk tales, religious mysticism and melodrama. By Jonathan Kandell Rodion Shchedrin, a leading Russian ...

But that fateful weekend in August marked a significant change for the Soviets. Suddenly, thousands of rock lovers were listening to rowdy music, screaming expletives, and even dancing in front of ...

A Vietnamese pop singer won top honors at Russia’ s Intervision Song Contest, a Cold-War era music festival that Moscow revived in response to being kicked out of the global Eurovision spectacle for ...

When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, in the winter of 2022, the rock group Bi-2 was on a nationwide tour. The group, a stalwart of the Russian music scene for more than two decades ...

On a recent summer night, hundreds of young Russians assembled on St. Petersburg’s main street to hear songs that the government had banned. It was the latest gathering of the country’s musical ...