#russian-politics

#russian-politics

"Serebrennikov pulls the action of Mussorgsky's brooding opera, which follows the reign and death of an ill-fated 17-century Russian tsar, firmly into the present day."

Adam Kadyrov, just 17, has been appointed to oversee Chechnya's internal affairs ministry, a significant role in managing police, counterterrorism, and local security.

I have been interested in Russia since reading a book when I was a young boy about the 1917 revolutions. It fascinated me that the Russian empire was replaced by another empire, the Soviet Union, which unleashed a lot of energy but rapidly became a brutal dictatorship under Stalin... This interest fed into the lyrics I wrote.

Shklyarov was a celebrated principal dancer who captivated audiences worldwide, but his tragic death from a balcony fall raises unsettling questions about safety and circumstances surrounding it.