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Mugged, Robbed And Left For Dead, Local H Singer Tells Horrifying Tale
Scott Lucas, the lead singer of Chicago alt-rockers Local H, has revealed a brutal post-show attack in Russia that left him with damaged vocal cords and forced the band to cancel shows. “First...
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Pussy Riot On ’60 Minutes’: One Year Later & Still Fighting
It’s been over a year since members of Russian feminist punk group Pussy Riot were detained for speaking out against Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Savior, but...
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Russia, Azerbaijan & The Battle Over Missing Eurovision Votes
When Denmark’s Emmelie de Forest walked off the stage as winner of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden on May 18 (with her song “Only Teardrops”), there wasn’t a hint of scandal in the air....
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Selena Gomez Denied Visa To Russia Due To Country’s Anti-Gay Law
(Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) Selena Gomez has cancelled two highly publicized shows in Russia because she was denied an entry visa in accordance with the country’s anti-gay laws, reports The Moscow...
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Jailed Pussy Riot Member Goes on Hunger Strike Until Russian Prison Starts...
(MAKSIM BLINOV/AFP/Getty Images) Beginning today (September 23) jailed Pussy Riot member, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, will go on hunger strike in hopes that it will send a message to the Russian jail where...
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Pussy Riot Member Disappears During Russian Prison Move
(Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP/Getty Images) (UPDATE – Nov. 4, 1:11 pm ET): The Russian prison service has announced through the Interfax news agency (via the Guardian) that Tolokonnikova has been sent to...
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Lady Gaga Promoter Fined for ‘Gay Propaganda’ by Russian Court
(D Dipasupil/Getty Images) A promoter for Lady Gaga’s show in St. Petersburg, Russia last December is being fined for violating a local law against exposing children to “harmful information” after a...
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Citing LGBT Discrimination, Lady Gaga Asks for Boycott of Sochi Olympics
(D Dipasupil/Getty Images) Lady Gaga says she supports a boycott of the upcoming Winter Olympics in Russia due to their anti-gay laws. In an interview with British talk show host Alan Carr on his show,...
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Pussy Riot Members on the Verge of Early Release
By Scott T. Sterling Members of the Russian punk rock outfit Pussy Riot, jailed last year after a protest performance inside Moscow’s main cathedral, seem to be on the verge of release three months...
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Elton John Defends Russian LGBT Community in Open Letter to Vladimir Putin
By Shannon Carlin Elton John isn’t one to stay quiet. So after hearing about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent statements linking homosexuality to pedophilia, he decided he needed to address...
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Russian Police Choir Perform Daft Punk’s ‘Get Lucky’ at Olympics Opening...
By Jay Tilles There may be nothing odder than watching the Russian Police Choir getting funky in front of the Winter Olympics crowd in Sochi, Russia. But what is definitely even weirder is to see these...
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Ex-Pussy Riot Members Consider Political Run and Hollywood Offers
By Scott T. Sterling Just a few months ago, Nadia Tolokonnikov and Maria Alekhina were Russian political prisoners, jailed for their role in punk collective Pussy Riot‘s infamous performance at...
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U.S. State Department Issues Concern Over Russia Surrounding Arrest of Pussy...
By Courtney E. Smith International attention has stayed focused on Russia after the closing ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics as the result of the Bolotnaya trails. A Russian court found eight...
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Radio.com Minimation: Debbie Harry Prepares for Combat
On Minimation, we comb through the archives of legendary New York radio station WNEW-FM and animate interviews with legendary rock artists. This installment is taken from a 1980 interview with Debbie...
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