When the name of Valery Gergiev popped up on a bill for Italy’s Un’Estate da Re festival, it was not simply another summer concert promotion it was an incendiary spark thrown onto the dry wood of ...

Poland is leading European efforts to use frozen Russian assets to fund Trump's $10 billion weapons package for Ukraine rather than burden European taxpayers with the costs.

Italy faces internal division over an upcoming performance by Russian conductor Valery Gergiev at a state-backed music festival, with critics arguing the event risks legitimizing Kremlin propaganda ...

A concert in Italy featuring Russian conductor Valery Gergiev, who has ties to Putin, is sparking a furor following protests ...

A concert in Italy by a top Russian conductor shunned in the West since the invasion of Ukraine could send the wrong message, ...

Italy's culture minister joined the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Tuesday in condemning an invitation for maestro Valery Gergiev to perform near Naples, saying it risked being ...

The widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny urged Italian authorities Tuesday to cancel a concert by Russian ...

The wife of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is urging Italy to cancel a concert by a Russian conductor who has ...

A Russian conductor and friend of Vladimir Putin is set to perform in Europe for the first time since the invasion of Ukraine ...

Russian opposition activists have also condemned the director's sudden return. The Anti-Corruption Foundation, of the late ...