More than three years after Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the arts remain a carefully scrutinized ...

A cultural event in Caserta risks becoming an international incident. The complaint published in the pages of Repubblica ...

A concert in Italy by a top Russian conductor shunned in the West since the invasion of Ukraine could send the wrong message, ...

A concert in Italy featuring Russian conductor Valery Gergiev, who has ties to Putin, is sparking a furor following protests ...

An Italian region has invited the pro-Putin conductor, signalling a rehabilitation despite no sign of an end to the war.

How is it possible that in the summer of 2025, three years after the start of the conflict in Ukraine, Valery Gergiev, Putin’s accomplice and a person included on the sanctions lists of several ...

Vladimir Putin once had police raid a cinema showing a film for breaching a very specific law. Putin has never been a leader to be far away from headlines, shown most recently by his ongoing public ...

Zohran Mamdani won't condemn the phrase, “Globalize the intifada,” insisting he doesn’t use it. This phrase refers to violent uprisings against Israel.

Amid Trump's 50-day ultimatum controversy, President Trump has rocked the Kremlin by reportedly asking Zelensky if Ukraine ...

Squid Game Season 2 dropped with high-stakes drama and unexpected twists—but it’s the introduction of Hyun-ju, a transgender former soldier, that has everyone talking. Played by cisgender actor Park ...

Russia is banned from world stages such as the Olympics and Eurovision, an international song contest organized by the ...

A Russian orchestra conductor who was sacked by La Scala fro refusing to distance himself from Vladmiri Putin after the ...