A concert by popular Russian singer Polina Gagarina has been cancelled in Kazakhstan following online protests over the singer's vocal support of Russia's war against Ukraine. Gagarina's concert was planned to take place in the city of Almaty on November 14. Ads for the concert disappeared from Gagarina's website and billboards in Kazakhstan just ahead of the event. Screenshots of correspondence by Gagarina's agents confirming that the concert in Almaty was canceled were posted online, though there was no official announcement of it. To read the original story from RFE/RL's Kazakh Service, click here.
Russian Singer's Concert Canceled In Kazakhstan Over Her Support Of War In Ukraine
Polina Gagarina speaks at a press conference in Moscow in 2015 ahead of representing Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest.