That the current Russian leadership, and its lackeys, are pariahs does not – and should not – force us to reject Russia’s culture. In the Second World War, Beethoven and Brahms remained in British ...

During the harshest days of Soviet censorship, it was nearly impossible — and also very risky — to get a hold of Western music. But people in the Soviet Union became experts at devising creative, ...

Russia will launch the final of its own international song contest on Saturday having been banned from Eurovision. The new competition, which comes at the behest of President Vladimir Putin, intends ...