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Alla Pugacheva, Russian Pop Star is Now in Israel

LONDON, Oct 10 – Alla Pugacheva, the queen of Soviet pop music, said on Monday she had been in Israel for three weeks after denouncing President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine for making Russia a global pariah.

“I thank my multi-million army of fans for their love and support, for the ability to distinguish truth from lies,” 73-year-old Pugacheva, a Soviet and then post-Soviet icon who is arguably Russia’s most famous woman, said on Instagram.

“From the Holy Land, I pray for you and for peace,” she said. “I am happy!”

Pugacheva is known across Russian generations for hits such as the 1982 song “Million Scarlet Roses” and the 1978 film “The Woman Who Sings.”

Pugacheva said last month that war kills soldiers for illusory goals and burdens ordinary people.

In the past, Pugacheva was celebrated by both Putin and his predecessor as president, Boris Yeltsin. When Mikhail Gorbachev died in August, she praised the last Soviet leader for allowing freedom and rejecting violence.

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