I knew the Moscow-based duo t.A.T.u. was going to be my international breakthrough from the first moment I saw their controversial video. I loved their music. The dynamic vocals were haunting and ...

This is a love story...sort of. Russian songwriter Elena Kiper and music producer Ivan Shapovalov were dating and making music together. Their main project was forming a new pop group fronted by ...

Ivan Shapovalov, 36, had arranged a video shoot with 200 girls yards from the Kremlin. He told the teenage extras to cavort and kiss in front of Lenin’s tomb and the church of St Basil.

"It looks like Russia does not care for t.A.t.U. representing its country," said their producer, Ivan Shapovalov, after failing to get permission to let the filming go ahead. The duo, whose skimpy ...