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Monetochka: Voice Of Resistance And Hope For Anti-Putin Russians

At a recent gathering of exiled Russians in eastern Paris the hall was packed.

International Business Times

Ukraine war briefing: US aid delays could force Ukrainian troops to ‘retreat step by step’, Zelenskiy warns

President says if US support stops, ‘it means we will go back’; Russia attack wave hits Ukrainian power plants, triggering blackouts. What we know on day 766

The Guardian - AU

Russia Considers Labeling Pugacheva 'Foreign Agent'

Russia's potential labeling of Alla Pugacheva as a 'foreign agent' raises concerns about artistic freedom.

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Moscow is awash with tinsel and lights but ‘Christmas as usual’ is just an illusion

Festive tunes may be ringing out but Russians will pay more for their traditional feast and only pop stars loyal to Putin are on TV

The Guardian - UK

Beloved Russian singer who criticized Ukraine war returns home. The church calls for her apology

The Russian Orthodox Church has called for an apology from Alla Pugacheva, the country’s most renowned pop singer who returned home this week, over her criticism of Russia's war on Ukraine

The Independent UK

Russian Pop Diva Who Denounced War Says She Is in Israel

Alla Pugacheva, the queen of Soviet pop music, on Monday said she was in Israel, three weeks after she denounced President Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine for turning Russia into a global pariah. "I thank my multi-million army of fans for their love and support, for the ability to distinguish…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russian pop star who criticised Ukraine war says she is in Israel

Alla Pugacheva, whose husband has been declared a ‘foreign agent’, denounced invasion three weeks ago

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Russian pop superstar reveals she is in Israel after criticising Ukraine war

Former Kremlin sweetheart thanks fans for ‘love and support’ after leaving Russia

The Independent UK

Russian pop diva who denounced war says she is in Israel

Alla Pugacheva, the queen of Soviet pop music, on Monday said she was in Israel, three weeks after she denounced President Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine for turning Russia into a global pariah.

Reuters

Why it's such a big deal that Alla Pugacheva, 'the tsarina of Russian pop,' came out against the war in Ukraine

Days before Russian President Vladimir Putin announced hasty referendums in the occupied regions of Ukraine and the conscription of Russian men, Russian singer Alla Pugacheva posted a message decrying the war on Instagram, where she commands 3.5 million followers.

The Conversation

Russians race to borders and airports to escape Vladimir Putin's mobilisation order

Images show queues of cars lined up at the border, with similar scenes at Moscow airport as crowds - almost all male - cram into terminals.

Daily Record

Russians flood borders and airports trying to escape Vladimir Putin's mobilisation order

Hundreds of thousands of young men and former soldiers will now be called up and sent to the battlefield in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine, sparking a mass exodus

Daily Mirror

Russian pop star's war criticism stirs vigorous debate

A Russian mega-pop star’s criticism of President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine has set off intense reactions on social media

The Independent UK

Iconic Russian Singer Asks to Be Named ‘Foreign Agent’

Iconic Russian singer Alla Pugacheva, hugely popular since Soviet times, says she wants to be placed on Russia’s foreign agents list in solidarity with her husband who has been designated as one. The statement by Pugacheva on Instagram on Sunday is a notable slap from a prominent figure at Russian…

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Alla Pugacheva: Russian singing superstar slams Ukraine war and asks to be declared ‘foreign agent’

Russian megastar’s remarks on Ukraine likely to infuriate the Kremlin

The Guardian - AU

Russian strike at Pivdennoukrainsk nuclear power plant but reactors not damaged – as it happened

Reactors not damaged after Russian strikes at nuclear power plant in southern Mykolaiv region

France 24

Ukraine accuses Russia of strike on southern nuclear plant

Ukraine's nuclear energy agency on Monday accused Moscow's troops of an attack on the country's second largest nuclear plant in the south. The accusations come after the Moscow-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine – Europe's largest atomic facility – faced frequent shelling in recent months, raising fears of a nuclear…

Reuters

Queen of Soviet pop assails Putin's war in Ukraine

Alla Pugacheva, the queen of Soviet pop music, on Sunday denounced President Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine which she said was killing soldiers for illusory aims, burdening ordinary people and turning Russia into a global pariah.

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Russian singer Alla Pugacheva asks to be declared ‘foreign agent’

It comes after husband Maxim Galkin was placed on the foreign agents register by Kremlin officials

The Independent UK

Iconic Russian singer asks to be named 'foreign agent'

Iconic Russian singer Alla Pugacheva, hugely popular since Soviet times, says she wants to be placed on Russia’s foreign agents list in solidarity with her husband who has been designated as one

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