Boris Berezovsky

"It was important for Yeltsin that Putin was of different generation because the country should not have been left to those who ruled it during the Soviet Union", former Kremlin Head of Administration Valentin Yumashev said during a public interview at the Yeltsin Presidential Center in Yekaterinburg.

Acclaimed Russian pianist Boris Berezovsky and the Moscow Philharmonic's State Academic Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Alexei Utkin, will pay tribute to Chopin and Tchaikovsky at the Herod Atticus Theater on Monday, October 8. The show starts at 8.30 p.m.

Independent - Roman Abramovich has apparently been caught up in a government crackdown on people applying for investor visas and the Chelsea Football Club owner is unable to enter Britain because his is yet to be renewed.

The former deputy in the Russian Duma Denis Voronenkov has been killed in front of a hotel in Kiev, confirmed Ukrainian authorities.

President Petro Poroshenko described the murder as "an act of terrorism on the part of Russia". "The clear signature of the Russian special services has appeared several times across different European capitals."

World renowned Russian virtuoso pianist Boris Berezovsky will perform piano recital on November 20 in Athens. The concert will take place at the Pallas Theatre in a program including Liszt, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff among other great composers. The talented 47-year-old has received world acclaim due to his unique technique and profound inspiration.

The 43rd Istanbul Music Festival's Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to the Borodin Quartet at a ceremony held on June 4 at the Hagia Irene Museum. 

The quartet received the award from Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (?KSV) President Görgün Taner and Istanbul Music Festival Director Ye?im Gürer Oymak.