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 ...

a Soviet-era singing competition that last took place more than 40 years ago. On Monday 3 February, the Russian leader signed a decree directing officials to bring back the Intervision Song ...

The relevant information was published on the Eurovision World website. The artist's composition tells the story of the famous Soviet dog Laika, who was the first animal to be sent into space. In ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a revival of the Soviet-era alternative to the Eurovision Song Contest, Intervision, which he claimed will counter the decadence of modern Western culture.

MOSCOW, - Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a revival of the Soviet answer to the Eurovision Song Contest in an effort to counter what he says is the decadence of modern Western culture.

Russia's love affair with Eurovision reached a peak in 2008, when the singer Dima Bilan was crowned the winner of the ...

Revisiting 'Back in the USSR', a forgotten solo album by former Beatles member Paul McCartney which was released exclusively in the Soviet Union back in 1988.

Return under Putin's stern gaze. Russia then began to take part in Eurovision. "Throughout the 2000s," said The Guardian, the ...