A Ukrainian band is treating international audiences to their country's traditional folk music, spiced up with world music ...

Russian schools are set to introduce patriotic music lessons featuring artists like Shaman and Oleg Gazmanov, according to ...

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Specialists have completed a forensic examination of the death of Anton Korobkov-Zemlyansky, who was the press secretary of the singer Yaroslav Dronov (Shaman). This information was disseminated on ...

But over 1,000 days later, Kyiv and most of Ukraine still stand despite Russian President Vladimir Putin’s goal of capturing the capital and forcing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s ...

The Russian baritone stormed the prestigious Cardiff Singer of the World competition in 1989, and with his flowing grey hair and beaming smile, an international star was born. Hvorostovsky excelled in ...

Russian opera singer Anna Netrebko should perform in Slovakia, according to a contract in the Central Registry of Contracts, reports private TV Markíza. Slovak National Theatre (SND) is to pay for the ...

The Russian Defense Ministry said that it launched a strike on “critically important facilities of gas and energy infrastructure that ensure the functioning of Ukraine’s military industrial ...

The Russian Defense Ministry said that it launched a strike on “critically important facilities of gas and energy infrastructure that ensure the functioning of Ukraine’s military industrial complex.” ...

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the Russian forces launched more than 40 missiles during the morning attack and used more than 70 drones overnight. Ukrainian air defences shot down ...