Russia
A private museum at the Moscow exhibition center famous for its grandiose Soviet-era exhibition pavilions has caused quite a controversy by putting on display a statue of the Soviet Union founder Vladimir Lenin.The statue was placed in a special dark room to...
MOSCOW — The first week of the Pussy Riot hearing is over, and after six months of the band's illegal detention, the trial has consisted of five days that make a mockery of common sense in the courtroom. As the farce continues, the international artistic...
A celebrated Russian opera singer with a background in heavy metal has withdrawn from the Bayreuth music festival, Der Spiegel reported Saturday. Yevgeny Nikitin made the decision after reporters noticed that he had Nazi imagery tattooed on his chest....
MOSCOW, July 2 (Reuters) - Russia's Bolshoi Theatre has invited the modern choreographer and artistic director of Les Ballets de Monte Carlo to teach Moscow's more conservative dancers how to let loose on stage.France-born Jean-Christophe Maillot, 52, has led...
Last night, Brooklyn club Death By Audio hosted a benefit for the three jailed members of Russian anarcha-feminist band Pussy Riot. The main event of the fundraiser was a DJ set by Beastie Boys member Adam Horowitz, aka Ad-Rock, who made his first public...
“War and Remembrance: The Films of Aleksei Guerman” (through March 20 at Lincoln Center in New York) offers a unique opportunity to savor in one place the rarely seen works of a Russian master. All five of the movies Guerman has directed in his...
