Why Russia Revived a Cold War-Era Song Contest

A Vietnamese pop star won the Intervision Song Contest in Moscow on Saturday. The United States was meant to participate, but ...

Power, politics and performance: Russia’s revamped Intervision song contest names a winner

Vietnamese singer Duc Phuc was crowned the winner of the newly revamped Intervision song contest — a Russian answer to ...

Barred from Eurovision, Russia revives Soviet-era version of beloved song contest

The Intervision Song Contest will see 23 artists from around the world — including one representing the U.S. — offer a heady ...

Russia revives Soviet-era song contest

This weekend, more than 20 former Soviet nations competed at Intervision 2025. Putin revived the song contest after Russia was banned from Eurovision in response to its war in Ukraine.
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By reviving Soviet-era music contest, Russia flaunts its defiance of Western isolation

Opening the 2025 Intervision Song Contest in Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin framed the event as a celebration of ...

Inside Russia’s revamped answer to Eurovision as winner crowned in night of glitter and geopolitics

Inside Russia’s revamped answer to Eurovision as winner crowned in night of glitter and geopolitics - Duc Phuc's song ‘Phu Dong Thien Vuong’ won with a heady mix of pop, rap and dubstep ...
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2 people killed in plane crash with country music star ID’d

The two people killed in the plane crash that took the life of country music singer-songwriter Brett James on Thursday have been identified, and it is heartbreaking news. According to multiple reports ...