BISHKEK -- Russian performers continue to feel the repercussions of Moscow’s war in Ukraine, with their concerts being canceled even in Russia-friendly Central Asian countries. In the most recent ...

Ever since Russia invaded Ukraine, its cultural exports have been viewed with suspicion all over the world, including in traditionally receptive Central Asia. The latest Russian artist to learn that ...

Kyrgyzstan has become the latest country in Central Asia to cancel a concert by popular Russian singer Grigory Leps over his vocal support of the invasion of Ukraine. The veteran performer had been ...

The U.S. Department of the Treasury put Grigory Lepsveridze, widely known under his stage name of Grigory Leps, on its black list MOSCOW, November 15, /ITAR-TASS/. Russian singer Grigory Leps told a ...