Putin has given the green light to resurrect a Soviet era song contest in a bid to rival Eurovision.Eurovision became a big hit with Russians throughout the 2000s, drawing in millions of TV viewers.First admitted to the competition in 1994,

The revived contest, planned to take place in Moscow later this year, is Russia's way of directly challenging Eurovision while promoting "traditional values." View on euronews

Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to create an international song competition in Russia as a rival to the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC). Russia

VLADIMIR Putin has announced his own version of the Eurovision song contest despite Russia’s similar Soviet attempts being a huge flop. The bitter tyrant is set to take on the world famous

Russian president to reboot Soviet Union’s defunct Intervision song contest - but no sequins or camp kitsch allowed

Eurovision move out of the way, because Vladimir Putin is set to stage his very own anti-Western international song contest. The rival event – called Intervision – previously ran in Russia between 1965 and 1968 and then later between 1977 and 1980 but was a flop.