Russian Winter Festival in Trafalgar Square, London

Trafalgar Square was packed for the festival. About 200,000 Russian speakers currently live in London.
Two large screens were set up on either side of the stage.

The acts were introduced by British and Russian co-presenters

- Afran (folk dance group from Ossetia, performing to traditional Caucasian music)

- Cossack Soul and Chuvash State Ensemble of Song and Dance (a folk song choir)

Cossack Soul

Chuvash State Ensemble of Song and Dance

- Nadezhda Babkina and Russkaya Pesnya (Russian folk song and dance)

- Danilovskiy Monastery Choir (Russian Orthodox church male choir)

- Gzhel (ballet troupe from Moscow)

- Moscow Circus

- Suvorovsky Ensemble

- Dima Bilan

- Speeches

Ken Livingstone: Mayor of London

Deputy Mayor of Moscow

Ambassador

Ken Livingstone is dressed in Cossack clothes

Santa Claus

Russian former Olympic champion

- Pelageya (contemporary music group mixing rock, classical music, folk and fusion influences)

- Ranetki (a new rock'n'roll girl band)

- Tokio (Russian pop group)

- Nogu Svelo (Russian rock band)

- Garik Sukachiov (pop singer who is also an actor and film director)

- Vengerov and Fiodorov (a pair of Russian DJs)

FURTHER INFORMATION

For photos from the 2006 Russian Winter Festival: click here
For photos from the 2005 Russian Winter Festival: click here

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The Russian Winter Festival in Trafalgar Square, London