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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Maroosha Muzaffar

Alla Pugacheva: Russian singing superstar slams Ukraine war and asks to be declared ‘foreign agent’

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Famous Russian artist and singer Alla Pugacheva has spoken out against the war in Ukraine publicly for the first time and urged Moscow to label her a “foreign agent”.

This comes a week after her husband Maxim Galkin was labelled a “foreign agent” for opposing the war in Ukraine.

On her Instagram, where the 73-year-old singer has more than 3 million followers, Ms Pugacheva asked the country’s justice ministry “to include me on the foreign agents list of my beloved country”.

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