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Intervision Song Contest: why Russia is reviving its ‘cultural counterweight’ to Eurovision


Conceived in 1960s Czechoslovakia, Vladimir Putin ordered the competition’s return and the US has now confirmed its participation – is this domestic theatre or international outreach?

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