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Australia Sanctions Russian Pop Star Shaman

The new package of sanctions also targeted 36 other individuals and seven companies considered strategically important for Moscow’s war effort in Ukraine...

Actor Yefremov to Join Pro-Kremlin Director Mikhalkov’s Theater Troupe After Parole Release

Mikhail Yefremov was convicted in 2020 of killing a delivery driver in a head-on collision while driving intoxicated in central Moscow.

Legendary Russian Choreographer Yury Grigorovich Dies at 98

The towering figure of Russian ballet led Moscow’s Bolshoi Theater as chief choreographer for three decades.

Pro-War Pop Icon Shaman to Represent Russia at Upcoming Eurovision Copycat

Organizers of Intervision 2025 said Shaman’s popularity in Russia was the main reason he was selected to represent the country at its inaugural competition...

Russian Police Accuse Dubai-Based Instagram Influencer of Tax Evasion

Influencer Inna Tliashinova, who advertises herself as an “expert on subconsciousness,” owes $5.3 million in back taxes and fines, authorities said...

Crowds Swarm Moscow Church to Mourn Rapper Pasha Technique

Pasha Technique died at the age of 40 on Saturday after being hospitalized in a medically induced coma with severe lung damage.

Justice Ministry Investigating TV Presenter Urgant Over Alleged Foreign Influence

State media reported last month that the presenter registered as an individual entrepreneur in France. Urgant denied the report.

Jailed Russian Actor Mikhail Yefremov to Be Released on Parole

Yefremov was sentenced in 2020 to eight years in a medium-security prison after he killed a van driver in a head-on collision while intoxicated.

Women Accuse Exiled Rapper Oxxxymiron of Grooming Them While They Were Underage

The rapper is also accused of soliciting sexually explicit photos from a minor.

Russian Influencer Blinovskaya Jailed 5 Years for Tax Fraud

Yelena Blinovskaya was arrested in 2023 on suspicion of underreporting nearly $11.1 million in earnings from online services.

Prosecutors Seek 6-Year Sentence for Russian Influencer on Tax Fraud Charges

Yelena Blinovskaya was arrested at the Russian-Belarusian border in April 2023 on suspicion of underreporting $10.1 million in earnings.

Russia Issues Arrest Warrant for Exiled Rapper Morgenshtern

Police issued the arrest warrant for the popular rapper for allegedly violating the country’s “foreign agent” law, state media reported.

RT Chief Simonyan Says Husband in Coma After Undergoing ‘Clinical Death’

Tigran Keosayan, who suffered heart attacks in 2008 and 2010, was reportedly hospitalized in late December in “highly critical” condition.

Samara Court Jails Singer Sharlot 5.5 Years for ‘Rehabilitating Nazism’

Eduard Sharlot’s lawyers said they plan to appeal the sentence.

Russian Court Jails Ex-TV Host Lazareva 6.5 Years in Absentia

Tatyana Lazareva, who lives in Spain, was found guilty of “publicly justifying acts of terrorism” in remarks she made in a YouTube interview.

Prosecutors Seek 7.5-Year Prison Sentence for Russian Singer Who Burnt His Passport

Eduard Sharlot was arrested last year after returning to Russia from Armenia, where he had posted videos of himself burning his passport.

Former Royal Ballet Star Polunin Says He’s Leaving Russia

Sergei Polunin, who was born in southern Ukraine, has been a vocal supporter of Vladimir Putin and Moscow’s full-scale invasion.

Russian Court Orders Rammstein Frontman to Pay $670K for Canceled Tver Concert

The dispute stems from a planned performance in August 2021 as part of the “McLarin for the Motherland” festival.

Russia Designates Stand-Up Comedian Denis Chuzhoi ‘Foreign Agent’

The comedian fled Russia after receiving death threats over his public opposition to the war in Ukraine and later relocated to Germany.

Latvia Bans Entry to Russian Designer Lebedev, Comedian Ponomarev

Latvian authorities did not cite the specific reasons for blacklisting Artemiy Lebedev and Valery Ponomarenko.

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