Russian rock has always been a rather insular space where a narrow circle of artists who rose to fame a good 40 years ago ...

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A pro-Kremlin lawmaker spawned a tsunami of scorn in Russia this week by alleging that Soviet rock star Viktor Tsoi's Perestroika-era anthems were composed by CIA operatives trying to destabilize the ...

SAINT PETERSBURG Brashly shouting out his lyrics in crowded, smoky clubs, Alexei Nikonov zeroes in on provocative themes that most musicians here ignore — authoritarianism and injustice in today's ...

An archival label in the United States was going to release a huge compilation of records from the U.S.S.R. Then Russia invaded Ukraine. By Grayson Haver Currin Eugene Hutz still owns his copy of ...