Artemy Troitsky is a famous Russian journalist, music critic, writer and concert promoter. Since 2014 he has lived in Estonia, where he is a lecturer, and a radio host: he has a weekly program and ...
Jamala, the song contest’s 2016 champion, had been a prominent advocate for Crimea’s Tatar population. The region was annexed from Ukraine by Russia in 2014. By Ivan Nechepurenko Russia has added a ...
On a recent summer night, hundreds of young Russians assembled on St. Petersburg’s main street to hear songs that the government had banned. It was the latest gathering of the country’s musical ...