Spotify Launches in Russia and 12 New European Markets

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentThe Riga International Film Festival in Latvia is set to host Magnetic Series, a Nordic industry platform dedicated to drama series and streamers for the Nordic region, Russia, Germany and Greenland. Magnetic Series, which will be running Oct 16 only, will have a hybrid format allowing Baltic and Nordic producers to pitch their episodic content in person or online.

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.

Back in 2012, Madonna performed in the Russian city of St. Petersburg, where she made an impassioned speech supporting the LGBTQ community in a nation where homosexuality has been criminalized.

independence vote and the Brexit referendum, according to a landmark report on Russian interference in Britain. The report was finally released today after months of delay at the hands of Downing Street which has immediately rejected the main call from the Intelligence and Security Committee.

hereIt found that Russians with "very close links" to Vladimir Putin were "well-integrated into the UK, business, political and social scene."The Committee said: “We therefore question whether the government took its eye off the ball because of its focus on counter-terrorism: it was the opinion of the Committee that, until recently, the government had badly underestimated the response required to the Russian threat – and is still playing catch-up.“Russia poses a tough intelligence challenge and

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

World Cup final in Moscow to protest police brutality, an action for which they served 15 days in jail. Two months later, he became severely ill from what group members suspected was poisoning and underwent treatment in Germany.