Until September, Aleksei Antropov was playing double bass for the Russian Philharmonic orchestra in Moscow. The classical musician is one of hundreds of thousands of Russians, many of them young men, ...

Several Russian artists who have been labeled foreign agents or jailed for their performances appeared together at a concert ...

Until September, Aleksei Antropov was playing double bass for the Russian Philharmonic orchestra in Moscow. But when President Vladimir Putin ordered Russia’s first mobilisation since World War Two to ...

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The Stockholm International Music Competition (SIMC) has been linked to Russian state institutions, prompting the Historical Museum in Stockholm to cancel its hosting of the event, following an ...

Ukraine's parliament passed two laws on Sunday aimed to restrict Russian cultural influence in the country amid the ongoing invasion.

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When Igor Yuzov was growing up in the Soviet Union, rock 'n' roll records were contraband and had to be hidden. On Sunday mornings, he would sneak into a local park to make an illicit purchase of ...

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