Sergei Chernov

Russia 1 year ago

Conscripts' Relatives Fear They'll Be Sent to Ukraine Amid Alleged Coercion

Conscripts' Relatives Fear They'll Be Sent to Ukraine Amid Alleged Coercion

Russia 1 year ago

Russian army conscripts are being tricked into signing up to become contract soldiers, and their relatives fear that once they turn professional, they run the risk of being secretly dispatched to fight ...

Moscow 1 year ago

Euromaidan Doc Set For Festival Showing

Euromaidan Doc Set For Festival Showing

Moscow 1 year ago

"Euromaidan: Rough Cut," a documentary made by young Ukrainian filmmakers about the three-month-long protest in Kiev that drove the former, pro-Russia president, Viktor Yanukovych, out of power, is scheduled to be shown ...

Moscow 1 year ago

Doc Festival Goes on Despite Culture Minister Calling Head 'Anti-Russian'

Doc Festival Goes on Despite Culture Minister Calling Head 'Anti-Russian'

Moscow 1 year ago

ArtDocFest, Russia's premiere documentary film festival, which runs Dec. 9-17, opens amid controversy following Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky's public refusal to grant state support for the festival for allegedly "anti-state" remarks made ...

Moscow 1 year ago

Veteran Rock Band Televizor Plays Kiev

Veteran Rock Band Televizor Plays Kiev

Moscow 1 year ago

Most Russian bands have canceled their Ukrainian tours, fearing a backlash from Russian authorities, but ever-defiant St. Petersburg veteran rock band Televizor went ahead and performed at a concert called "No to ...

Moscow 1 year ago

Gay Film Fest This Weekend in St. Pete

Gay Film Fest This Weekend in St. Pete

Moscow 1 year ago

Side by Side, an annual LGBT film festival, will open in St. Petersburg on Thursday despite pressure on LGBT activists.

Moscow 1 year ago

Swedish Rocker to Front St. Petersburg's Queerfest

Swedish Rocker to Front St. Petersburg's Queerfest

Moscow 1 year ago

ST. PETERSBURG — Queerfest, an annual celebration of LGBT art and culture has returned to downtown St. Petersburg after being forced last year to relocate to the city's northeastern outskirts.

Moscow 2 years ago

St. Petersburg Plays Host to 2-Day Jazz Festival

St. Petersburg Plays Host to 2-Day Jazz Festival

Moscow 2 years ago

More than 30 musical acts will perform at the northern capital's Petrojazz fest.

Moscow 2 years ago

Arkady Kots: Riot Folk From Moscow

Arkady Kots: Riot Folk From Moscow

Moscow 2 years ago

Moscow band Arkady Kots is one of the most interesting phenomena on Russia's politically conscious music scene.

Moscow 3 years ago

Famous Rock Singer to Face Trial

Famous Rock Singer to Face Trial

Moscow 3 years ago

Yury Shevchuk, singer, guitarist and songwriter, is not your typical Russian rock star. He is independent, socially conscious and outspoken.

Moscow 3 years ago

Finnish Singer Aino Venna Plays Moscow

Finnish Singer Aino Venna Plays Moscow

Moscow 3 years ago

Aino Venna, an up-and-coming singer-songwriter from Finland, sings in English and French, blending folk, chanson, torch songs and pop.

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