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16.02.2009, 11:09

Playing gigs in Russia to be taxed

Playing gigs for Russia's ultra rich is going to be more difficult for top rock stars and celebrities. The migration service is considering making all entertainers coming to the country get working visas and pay taxes.

14.02.2009, 11:58

Fighting in Afghanistan with balalaika at the ready

It’s simple, graceful, and Russian: it's the balalaika! Its three magical strings touch the heart and they even helped one American soldier overcome the hardships of war in Afghanistan.

Valery Gergiev (AFP Photo / Dmitry Kostyukov) 08.02.2009, 08:57

‘Listen to music and to each other’ - Gergiev

Outstanding conductor Valery Gergiev is known to music lovers across the globe, but until recently few people were aware that he is a native Ossetian.

31.12.2009, 02:27 9 comments

“You can’t destroy American military with a song”

Anti-war hip-hop activist Marc Hall has been jailed in the US for releasing a hip-hop song that hits out at the American military's so-called 'stop loss' policy.

19.05.2009, 02:28 29 comments

100 million Americans say yes to marijuana

Marijuana is America’s largest cost crop, said pro-pot advocate in Washington, Aaron Houston, the Director of Government Relations for the Marijuana Policy Project.

02.11.2009, 11:16 25 comments

Revolution is the solution

Despite only a small minority of Americans would support the idea of a revolution in the US, it is still worth trying to spread the message, Carl Dix of the Revolutionary Communist Party of America told RT.

18.02.2010, 21:46 17 comments

Cult of Stalin continues to divide and conquer

Moscow City Hall has approved hanging posters of Stalin throughout the city in the run up to Victory Day, but tempers are running high.

United States, Pittsburgh: Police detain a demonstrator during anti G20 protests in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, September 24, 2009. (AFP Photo/Saul Loeb) 24.10.2009, 09:41 17 comments

Police states of America?

A protest against police brutality has taken place in New York. Demonstrators say police officers use their power to bully and attack innocent people.

A view of the U.S.-Mexico border fence in Nogales, Arizona 10.05.2010, 07:39 16 comments

Border fence in Arizona desert divide not only countries, but separate families

A fence built on the US-Mexico border in Arizona divides not only territories between the two countries, but leaves families separated and living on different sides of the wall.

28.07.2010, 19:07 14 comments

Cultures clash in battle over Islamic face veil, extremists add fuel to fire

Al-Qaeda second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahiri has attacked the bill passed by French lawmakers, which could ban wearing Islamic face veils in public places, and has urged Muslim women to ignore it at any cost.

Speak – or it’s Phil Collins for you!

Published: 19 February, 2009, 09:15


Psst! Got any Kylie?    (AFP Photo / Paul J. Richards)

AC/DC and Bee Gees music used as a torture? Literally. Sounds incredible but the practice has been applied in Guantanamo Bay, Iraq and Afghanistan. Now, musicians are campaigning against the practice.

 
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