MOSCOW (AP) — Vietnamese singer Duc Phuc won the inaugural Intervision song contest in Moscow taking home 30 million rubles, approximately $360,000 U.S. dollars. The music contest was created by ...

(CNN) — With cheering crowds, glowing lights, a hint of political intrigue and a winning act in Vietnamese singer Duc Phuc, Russia’s answer to the Eurovision song contest – “Intervision” – gave off ...

This year’s Eurovision Song Contest is taking place in neutral Switzerland, but politics are center stage. While debate continues over Israel’s participation amid the war in Gaza, Russia — banned from ...

MOSCOW − Vietnam was crowned the winner of the Russian-hosted Intervision song contest in the early hours of Sunday morning, a competition backed by President Vladimir Putin and conceived as a ...

LONDON, May 8 (Reuters) - The last singer to represent Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest before it was banned, now herself ostracised at home, hopes that a new track released on the eve of this ...

Russia was banned from various cultural and sporting events after it launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Putin ordered revival of Soviet-era song contest Twenty-three countries will take part in 'Intervision' Russia is banned from Eurovision due to war in Ukraine Intervision stresses 'traditional family ...

At a Moscow concert hall, Shohruhmirzo Ganiyev is crooning about love and his motherland, Uzbekistan. "Put your legs together like a man," suggests his voice coach and choreographer. "And spread your ...

Russia has revived Intervision, a Soviet-era song contest, with 22 countries participating. Critics argue the event serves as a geopolitical tool, reflecting Moscow's anti-Western outlook and rivaling ...