Elton John, one of the most famous British pop artists, will perform his free charity show in Ukraine’s capital Kiev on June 16. The concert is aimed to support Ukrainian children suffering from HIV/AIDS. The show will last for about 2,5 hours and will take place on the central square of Kiev.
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June 11, 2007MTV Networks has sold its majority stake in a Russian joint venture for $360 million, reducing its participation in a market where it was a pioneer in bringing western youth culture to the eastern bloc.
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June 4, 2007The widow of ex-Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko fought back tears as she spoke about her husband’s pride in a film which is having its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival.
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May 26, 200763% of Russians questioned in a survey did not see television broadcasts of the latest Eurovision song contest in Helsinki this month.
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Alexander Litvinenko, 43, died in November last year after being poisoned with the radioactive substance polonium 210.
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Elton John, a famous singer and composer cancelled his performance in Moscow. According to the singer’s official web site, Elton John cancelled the previously scheduled European tour after a dispute with promoters.
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May 25, 2007Mstislav Rostropovich, the ebullient master cellist who fought for the rights of Soviet-era dissidents and later triumphantly played Bach suites below the crumbling Berlin Wall, has died. He was 80.
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April 27, 2007Yelena Tregubova, a former Kremlin pool reporter and author of several books about Russian political elite, has applied for political asylum in Great Britain, the Ekho Moskvy radio reported on Tuesday quoting Tregubova’s own statement.
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April 25, 2007Russian pop duo tATu will star in a movie biopic, directed by Roland Joffe (The Killing Fields, The Mission, Super Mario Bros).
Popularity: 100% [?]
April 12, 2007Cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, who appeared frail at his 80th birthday party last month at the Kremlin, has been hospitalized again, a Russian daily Tvoi Den reported Wednesday.
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