Russian military ensembles glorify war and profit from it.

Chechnya is banning music that falls above or below approved tempos. 

The anti-war music group Bi-2 was held in Thailand, and Russian officials were not too hasty to bail them out. 

A viola player and music teacher's life changed forever after posting anti-war messages on social media.

Alla Pugacheva briefly returned to Russia after evacuating from Israel, only to leave again for Latvia.

An "extremist" Russian rapper is fined for not reporting on his activities as a "foreign agent."

A pro-war concert promised great stars on the stage, but instead had only ultranationalist poets.

"The Killers" was booed at a concert in Georgia for inviting a Russian fan onstage and implying that Russians and Georgians were brothers.

Two musicians were performing on the streets of Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine. An hour later, a Russian missile strike killed them.

Three waterpark employees in Crimea were fined and forced to sing "Vladimir Putin is Great" after dancing to a Ukrainian song.

Two concertgoers at a concert after one chanted “glory to Ukraine.”

The Ministry of Justice released a list of new "foreign agents." Among them is Boris Grebenshchikov, a respected founder of Russian Rock.