Russia wants to stop Ukrainian children in occupied Ukraine from learning their native language, according to the UK. In Vladimir Putin’s latest bid to impose Russian culture on his European ...

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

Valery Gergiev's July concert marks his first Western performance since 2022 ban, sparking protests from Nobel laureates and EU officials.

When the name of Valery Gergiev popped up on a bill for Italy’s Un’Estate da Re festival, it was not simply another summer concert promotion it was an incendiary spark thrown onto the dry wood of ...

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 ...

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

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

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

The EU gender gap in cultural employment dropped from 6.4 percentage points in 2015 to 0.8 percentage points in 2024.

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

Trump takes aim at Putin - ANALYSIS: This week Trump has set his sights on Putin after publicly knocking Iran and Israel’s ...

The Shtandart was built in 1999 and sails under the flag of the Cook Islands since changing its registration from Russia in ...