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

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 ...

Italy faces internal division over an upcoming performance by Russian conductor Valery Gergiev at a state-backed music festival, with critics arguing the event risks legitimizing Kremlin propaganda ...

Valery Gergiev, the world-renowned orchestra conductor with links to the Kremlin, prepares to perform at a state-backed music festival in southern Italy on 27 July despite mounting concern over his ...

Valery Gergiev will perform at a festival in Italy, his first European concert since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.

Campania Governor Vincenzo De Luca on Tuesday rejected a call from the widow of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny, Julia ...

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

Valery Gergiev was fired from a number of concerts and festivals after he failed to condemn Russian leader’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 ...

Despite Cuba’s economic crisis, many women are embracing elaborate nail art as a bold fashion statement. Manicurists like ...

Navalny battled for an alternative to Putin’s regime – and paid the ultimate price. The Kremlin has made sure there cannot be another opposition figure like him.

Navalny will not be a leader of Russia’s future, but he may be a messiah of sorts—a moral example for generations.

Read: Alexei Navalny’s last laugh The scene could have been written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, like much of the passion of Navalny, except that there are jarring reminders on nearly every page that ...