Valery Gergiev, who is widely regarded as close to Russian President Vladimir Putin, had been expected to lead an Italian ...

Italy's culture minister had said the concert risked turning into “a sounding board for Russian propaganda”. Read more at ...

Italian authorities have canceled a classical music concert scheduled for Sunday. The decision came following criticism over ...

The news of the cancellation of the performance by Russian conductor Valery Gergiev, who is known to be very close to ...

Italy's Royal Palace of Caserta announced on Monday that it was cancelling a weekend concert of pro-Kremlin maestro Valery ...

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

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

“Factory hands, volunteers, athletes, staff of major enterprises and people who are simply not indifferent are recording video addresses to Vladimir Putin,” gushed Russia’s government newspaper.

A crowd of about 40 people held banners protested violinist Vladimir T. Spivakov, who performed there that evening, for his support of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s actions in Ukraine.

President Vladimir Putin on Friday accused the West of trying to cancel Russia's rich musical and literary culture, including composers Pyotr Tchaikovsky and Sergei Rachmaninov, in the same way he ...

Vladimir Putin sought to project an image of strength in front of a virtual gathering of Moscow-friendly leaders on Tuesday, in what was the Russian leader’s first appearance on the world stage ...