In the post immediately below, Sovereign Debt: "Ukraine in default according to Fitch and S&P" I mentioned the breakup of the USSR in 1991, which event sparked a few years of hope that the time of geopolitical craziness was over.
It wasn't, but one of the manifestation's of said hope was the collaboration of Finland's Leningrad Cowboys with the Alexandrov Ensemble, formerly known as the Soviet Red Army Choir (A. V. Alexandrov Twice Red-bannered and Red-starred Academic Song and Dance Ensemble of the Soviet Army). The Russians usually sing backup but on this song they bring one of the soloists up front. The guy's got some pipes.
The venue was Helsinki's Senate Square in June 1993. Here's the setlist.
And, if interested, here is more of the concert, the Yellow Submarine cover is a bit surreal
