Canceled concerts, lawsuits, existential turmoil. As Russia has cracked down on anti-war speech, the country's music scene reaches a particularly high pitch.

O n the day that Russia invaded Ukraine, Feb. 24, Russian pop-punk dance group Little Big posted the message “No war” on its social media. A few hours later, the act received an unsettling ...

There’s a new Russian anthem for the war in Ukraine, and it is almost certainly not a banger. The new song is called “Sarmatushka” — a tribute to the RS-28 Sarmat intercontinental ...

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 ...

Russia’s defining 20th-century pop star, Alla Pugacheva, declared her opposition to the invasion of Ukraine on Sunday, emerging as the most significant celebrity to come out against the war as ...

Alla Pugacheva, regarded as the queen of Soviet pop music, is probably Russia's most famous woman. By REUTERS OCTOBER 10, 2022 17:31 Updated: OCTOBER 10, 2022 17:32. Russian singer ...

Russian songs can be heard now in the heart of Sydney CBD. Many Australian Russians already recognise this performer. Sasha Pak is from Sakhalin in the Russian Far East. He is basking at Pitt ...

Alla Pugacheva, the queen of Soviet pop music, on Monday said she was in Israel, three weeks after she denounced President Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine for turning Russia into a global pariah.