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 ...

In a Moscow nightclub, some 100 heavy metal fans belted out Metallica's hit song, "For whom the bell tolls!" The performers are not the legendary US rockers, who last played in Russia in 2019, but a ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday he thought three Pussy Riot punk band members should be freed from prison following their conviction last month for a ...

The Russian punk rock feminist protest group Pussy Riot will present the world premiere of their new theatrical work, Revolution, on March 10 at The Warfield in San Francisco. Announced at the last ...

Steven Limbaugh III's plane landed in Los Angeles on Dec. 7 carrying a passenger that was riding high. Limbaugh had just returned from a six-day trip to Russia, where the Russian Philharmonic ...

A new generation of dissident artists is inspiring a wave of solidarity against Putin’s war—recalling the Soviet people who ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Pussy Riot angered President Vladimir Putin and the dominant Russian Orthodox Church but succeeded in highlighting the close ties that bind church, state and the courts together in ...

Before we dive into what the American press belittled as a “temper tantrum,” some context: Billy Joel had been on the road for nearly an entire year by the time he got to Russia as part of his 1987 ...

A pro-Kremlin lawmaker spawned a tsunami of scorn in Russia this week by alleging that Soviet rock star Viktor Tsoi's Perestroika-era anthems were composed by CIA operatives trying to destabilize the ...

The annual economic forum in St. Petersburg used to yield multibillion-dollar deals and feature performances by global music stars. With the war in Ukraine still raging, the mood has shifted. By Ivan ...