Vladimir Putin has ordered a reboot of the Soviet-era alternative to the Eurovision Song Contest, with more than a dozen countries said to be signed up. The "despot" wants his "apparatchiks" to ...

The Russian leader signed a decree on Monday for the reboot of the Soviet Bloc's song contest equivalent, Intervision, which he has been trying to bring back for over a decade.

Russia has been banned from participating in the Eurovision Song Contest since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Intervision originally launched under Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev in the 1960s as an Eastern Bloc alternative to the capitalist Eurovision Song Contest, bringing together Moscow’s allies in ...

The Intervision song contest was held in the 1960s and 1970s, principally involving countries from the eastern bloc, including Poland and Czechoslovakia. But some countries from outside eastern ...

Popular singer Duc Phuc has been selected to represent Vietnam at Intervision 2025, a prestigious international music contest ...

Meet the last winner of the Intervision Song Contest, the Eastern Bloc rival to Eurovision which ran from 1977 to 1980. The year is 1980. It’s the height of the Cold War. The Berlin Wall still ...

Russia Gears Up for Song, Sports Contests as It Pushes ‘West vs. Rest’ Message ... The Intervision Song Contest ran from 1965 to 1968 and again from 1977 to 1980, ...

MOSCOW, May 15. /TASS/. Moscow and Beijing plan to promote new forms of cooperation, including the Intervision song contest, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with the Chinese ...

This year, however, Russia is reviving the Intervision Song Contest, a television music competition held from 1965 to 1977 as an alternative to Eurovision. The contest is scheduled to take place ...