Italian authorities have cancelled a classical concert scheduled for Sunday following criticism over the attendance of a top ...

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

Organisers of an Italian music festival on Monday cancelled a scheduled performance by Russian conductor Valery Gergiev ...

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

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

The wife of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is urging Italy to cancel a concert by a Russian conductor who has ...

At a televised meeting with leading cultural figures, Putin compared the cancellation of a number of Russian cultural events in recent weeks with the actions of Nazi Germany in the 1930s.

“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 ...