Seeing no way to stop the growing popularity of rap music among Russian youth, President Vladimir Putin is looking for a means to control the popular genre, rather than ban it. Russia currently has a ...

The explosion of rap music in Russia spurred President Vladimir Putin to call for cultural leaders on Saturday to devise a means of controlling its role for youth culture instead of an outright ban, ...

In response to the growing influence that rap music has had on Russian youth, Vladimir Putin has decided to appoint cultural leaders to start controlling it, rather than outright banning it. He ...