spiced up with world music and some rap, with the stated aim of aiding the struggle against cultural “assimilation” of their country by its neighbour Russia. Ukraine’s DakhaBrakha ensemble starts the ...

President Vladimir Putin signed a decree Monday establishing a Russian version of the Eurovision Song Contest, after the ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to create an international song competition in Russia as a rival to the Eurovision ...

The revived contest, planned to take place in Moscow later this year, is Russia's way of directly challenging Eurovision ...