Authorities in the Siberian city of Ulan-Ude on January 19 announced that a concert by popular singer Kristina Orbakaite scheduled for March 13 has been canceled due to a request by the Brothers-in-Arms NGO, which supports Moscow's ongoing invasion of Ukraine. The NGO issued a statement saying that Orbakaite cannot perform in Russia because she has not publicly expressed her attitude about the war in Ukraine and resides in the United States with her family as a dual Russian-U.S. citizen. Orbakaite's mother, prominent singer Alla Pugachyova, has publicly condemned Russia's invasion and currently resides in Israel. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Siberia.Realities, click here.
Siberian City Cancels Concert At Request Of NGO That Supports Russia's War In Ukraine
A poster of Kristina Orbakaite in Simferopol in 2019