Music streaming services in Russia have started blocking "Chervona Kalyna" (The Red Guelder-Rose), a Ukrainian folk song which Russia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs has called "the anthem of an ...

Two women in Ukraine's Russian-occupied region of Crimea, including the winner of this year's Miss Crimea pageant, were found guilty of discrediting the Russian army by singing a Ukrainian patriotic ...

A Crimean beauty queen has been fined 40,000 Russian rubles (around $680) by occupying Russian authorities for singing the patriotic Ukrainian song “Chervona Kalyna,” according to Russian state media ...

A court in Ukraine's Russian-occupied region of Crimea has jailed and fined several local residents for playing a popular Ukrainian song, Chervona Kalyna (Red Viburnum), at a wedding party. The ...

Two women in Moscow-annexed Crimea, including Miss Crimea, were found guilty of discrediting the Russian army by singing a Ukrainian patriotic song in a video posted on social media, local authorities ...

The newly crowned winner of the Miss Crimea beauty pageant has been fined by Russian authorities for singing a patriotic Ukrainian song. Olga Valeyeva and a friend were charged with “discrediting” the ...

Music permeates the life of young singer Colleen Lutzak, whose search for acceptance catapults her from small-town Alberta to Swaziland in Grekul’s debut YA novel, which greatly benefits from the ...

Miss Crimea 2022 was fined for singing what Russian authorities called an "extremist" song. The woman was fined $680 for singing the song, which encourages Ukraine to "rise up." She was not detained ...