Russian Rock Critic Targeted In Slander Suits

MOSCOW — Artemy Troitsky has made a career out of criticizing musicians. So slamming a prominent rock star probably didn’t seem like such a bad idea. But when Troitsky called Vadim Samoylov, the black-clad, mop-haired former front man of the disbanded gothic rock band “Agata Kristi,” a “trained poodle” for Deputy Kremlin Chief of Staff […]