Pussy Riot member faces new charges in Russia

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAhead of Spotify’s earnings call for its second-quarter results, the company’s cofounder and CEO Daniel Ek and CFO Paul Vogel got on the phone for a short call with Variety’s Jem Aswad and Todd Spangler.

Christopher Nolan's has a release date. The film was initially set to be released July 17, before first being pushed back to July 31 and then to Aug.

Christopher Nolan's has a release date. The film was initially set to be released July 17, before first being pushed back to July 31 and then to Aug.

MOSCOW — Madonna is boasting about not paying a $1 million fine allegedly slapped on her for supporting Russia’s LGBTQ community at a 2012 show in St. Petersburg. But a Russian court threw out the lawsuit filed by a group of conservative activists, and the singer was never fined a single

Keir Starmer has called on Nicola Sturgeon to publicly condemn Alex Salmond over his role as a broadcaster on the Kremlin-funded Russia Today (RT) station. The Labour leader has used the publication of the parliamentary report into Russian interference in UK democracy to challenge the SNP leader to call out her previous boss.

Roger Stone, a political operative whose 40-month prison sentence was commuted this month by President Donald Trump, his longtime friend, used the racial slur "Negro" on air while verbally sparring with a Los Angeles-based Black radio host.

in India in 2019; in 14 markets in the Middle East and Africa in 2018 (including South Africa); and in Vietnam in 2017.

Todd Spangler editorSpotify has officially gone live in Russia, along with a dozen other markets across Europe.The addition of Russia is a significant expansion for Spotify, given that the country represents the 17th biggest streaming market in the world, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Leading Russian animation outfit Riki Group has signed a deal with Beijing-based producer and distributor Joy Culture and Chinese platform Tencent Video to partner on season four of animated series The Fixies.Following its acquisition of the show’s third season, Tencent will now invest in the production of 52 new episodes of the series, which follows the comical misadventures of Tom Thomas and his secret friendship with Simka and Nolik, two young

Spotify will enter another fertile market: Russia. As first reported by Music Business Worldwide, and confirmed by Variety via sources, July 15 will mark the Swedish streaming giant’s 80th territory, home to nearly 100 million smartphones.

Scottish independence and its aftermath, an explosive new book has claimed. It has long been suspected that operatives working on behalf of Vladimir Putin 's government helped spread false information across social media around the time of the landmark vote - claims strongly denied by Russia.

“Welcome to Chechnya,” directed by David France, is about an underground pipeline created to rescue LGBTQ Chechens from the Russian republic where the government has for several years waged a crackdown on gays. In the predominantly Muslim region in southern Russia ruled by strongman Ramzan Kadyrov, LGBTQ Chechens have been detained, tortured and killed.