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Monetochka: listen to the new album from Russia’s favourite YouTube pop star

Liza Girdimova — aka Monetochka — shot to internet stardom back in 2016 with self-penned pop songs poking fun at Russian life, world politics, and discount store cheese.

Your chance to see Russia’s up-and-coming musicians in the UK

16 May 2018
Catch the UK tour for Russia’s all-women punk trio Mirrored Lips

16 May 2018
Zangezur: listen to this edgy mix of 1990s industrial sound and an Armenian heritage

10 May 2018
No, it’s not a new rap battle. It’s a music video by Soviet pop star Philipp Kirkorov

30 April 2018
Russian rapper Husky’s new video is Trainspotting set in Georgia

19 April 2018
Moscow’s rising music talent stars in this retro-inspired lookbook for DC Shoes

17 April 2018
Six seconds: watch the latest video from New East pop diva Syuzanna

2 March 2018
A Song for Young Xenophobes: listen to the latest release by Mary Ocher

4 January 2018
Watch Maria Teriaeva perform her first album live on a rare Buchla Easel

2 January 2018
Watch Monetochka’s dreamy new video

6 November 2017
Did Radiohead copy this video from Russian rock group Mashina Vremeni?

15 September 2017
Gosha Rubchinskiy presents collection with Russian rock group Mumiy Troll

14 September 2017
Kotä celebrates Russian experimental music with limited edition cassette box set

5 September 2017
Celebrate Mr Trololo with the catchiest Google Doodle of all time

4 September 2017
Watch now: the new music video addressing issues of Russia’s prison system

30 August 2017
Blessed beats

Are religious and folklore influences really moving Russian music forward?

29 August 2017
Listen to the best of Russian analogue electronica with the Synthposium compilation

24 August 2017
Remembering Viktor Tsoi

Why the rebellious rock poet is still a hero for our time

15 August 2017
Russian producer Galun drops Winter on new electronic label Glagol

14 August 2017
Experience expanse and isolation in Moa Pillar’s new clip by Alina Philippova

13 July 2017
London premiere of Oleg Karavaychuk film this Wednesday at Calvert 22 Space

10 July 2017
Get ready for the World Cup with these Russian pop stars

4 July 2017
Rave above the Arctic Circle at Teriberka New Life

30 June 2017
Former Leningrad star Alisa Vox hits out at protesters in new track

16 May 2017
Russian band Oligarkh bring their unique electro-Orthodox sound to London

5 May 2017
Russian rapper Husky shot while filming music video

4 May 2017
Banned Russian Eurovision act to perform in Crimea instead

25 April 2017
St Petersburg welcomes the second installment of OFF party night

3 April 2017
Russian punk girl group Mirrored Lips in London gig tomorrow

15 March 2017
Will Ukraine bar Russia’s Eurovision contestant?

13 March 2017
Premiere: this post-punk music video envisions Moscow as a dark dystopia

7 March 2017
Will Russia boycott Eurovision?

3 March 2017
Listen to the new EP from Russian psychedelic girl band Lucidvox

1 March 2017
Premiere: listen to brand new tracks from Oblast’s rereleased house compilation

10 February 2017
Siberian DJ and producer Nina Kraviz launches new label

26 January 2017
Moscow’s NV devises original soundtrack for experimental Soviet silent film

25 January 2017
Pop star Dima Bilan to release track in memory of Armenian Genocide

5 December 2016
Black star: Russian rapper Timati to open boutique hotel

1 December 2016
Russian pop star Philipp Kirkorov in plagiarism and extortion row with French disco star

1 December 2016
Siberian DJ and producer Nina Kraviz announces fabric mix

8 November 2016
Pussy Riot top Spotify viral chart

4 November 2016
Take hip: listen to Yung Acid’s new album

23 September 2016
Beethoven with a bang: Russian man takes on 9th Symphony…with guns

22 September 2016
St Petersburg band’s new release named best progressive album of the year

14 September 2016
Take a listen to the new EP from Voronezh-based Discotopia

12 August 2016
Siberian rappers break record but lose out on place in record books

3 August 2016
Cruel irony: “London” singer Grigory Leps denied entry to UK

19 July 2016
Listen to the latest release from gritty Russian cassette label Materia Productions

28 June 2016
Russian post-internet pop: Listen to IC3PEAK’s new LP FALLAL

2 June 2016