MOSCOW, 27 Mar. A charity concert «Friends of Fifteen» took place in the Mosconcert Hall. It brought together military personnel and artists who have repeatedly performed at the forefront for the legendary international brigade «Pyatnashka» defending Donetsk.
The concert was opened by the Mosconcert cultural team: People's Artist of Russia Vasily Ovsyannikov, Honorary Artist of Moscow Irina Sukhanova, Pavel Bykov, Sergei Borzov, Tatyana Sorokina, the Kupina Ensemble, violinist Maria Andreeva. The evening was hosted by pianist Valentina Lisitsa.
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Following them, invited artists took the stage — Vadim Samoilov, the leader of the Agatha Christie rock group, Mara, the rock singer, the Domisolka Moscow Theater and the Alania Folk Dance Ensemble.
Musical performances were supplemented by performances by artists of the Moscow Theater of Poets Anna Chepenko, Roman Sorokin, Alexander Antipov. They read their works and poems of colleagues. All lines were devoted to the fate of Donbass.
The artists shared not only their creativity, but also memories of performances in the trenches. For example, Donbass front-line artist Alexander Dadali said that after traveling to new republics, he expanded his repertoire with a cappella songs. 
operations, and the International Charitable Foundation for the Support and Development of Rhythmic Gymnastics, which is headed by the President of the All-Russian Federation, Honored Worker of Physical Culture Irina Viner.
The funds raised went to the battalion support fund.