VLADIMIR Putin has announced his own version of the Eurovision song contest despite Russia’s similar Soviet attempts being a ...

Eurovision move out of the way, because Vladimir Putin is set to stage his very own anti-Western international song contest. ...

President Vladimir Putin signed a decree Monday establishing a Russian version of the Eurovision Song Contest, after the ...

A Russian planning document said: "Artists may not perform songs that call for violence ... It is not known if Putin will seek to sing at the contest, as he famously did in 2010, performing ...

Russian president to reboot Soviet Union’s defunct Intervision song contest - but no sequins or camp kitsch allowed ...

Putin has increasingly sought to cast Russia as the defender of traditional ... performers will have up to four minutes to sing their song live in whatever language they like.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a revival of the Soviet-era alternative to the Eurovision Song Contest, ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to create an international song competition in Russia as a rival to the Eurovision ...

Putin has given the green light to resurrect ... Moscow regularly sent some of its biggest stars to compete in the music jamboree. Russia's love affair with Eurovision reached a peak in 2008 ...

Intervision could even be a chance for Putin to showcase his singing skills ... The news comes three years after Russia was banned from the Eurovision Song Congest over its invasion of Ukraine.