Russia’s most famous singer tells Putin: Stop the war now Newsnorman lebrecht September 22, 2025The post-Soviet diva Alla Pugacheva, whose fame far outstrips Anna Netrebko’s, has launched a video assault from abroad on Vladmir Putin’s Ukraine war. Her conscience, she said, was ‘more valuable than fame, luxury or anything else’ and she could no longer stay silent. In a video watched by over 22 million people in the past week, Pugacheva called the war a catastrophe and called on Putin to end it.