VIA Gra, known outside of Ukraine and other nearby countries as Nu Virgos, was a Ukrainian girl group. The name VIA Gra is a triple wordplay; it is an allusion to the drug Viagra, the first three lett
Nu Virgos at the Laima Rendezvous Jūrmala Festival, August 2019. From left to right: Ulyana Sinetskaya, Erika Herceg, Olga Meganskaya.
The "golden" line-up of the band, featuring (from left to right): Vera Brezhneva, Anna Sedokova and Nadezhda Granovskaya receiving a special award in the Kremlin, Moscow, December, 2003
VIA Gra (from left to right: Vera Brezhneva, Albina Dzhanabayeva and Nadezhda Granovskaya) performing in Moscow, 2005. This line-up was often referred to as the "diamond line-up" in mass media, because of the song "Бриллианты" ("Diamonds"), released at that time, which became a huge hit and was their signature song.
VIA Gra (from left to right: Albina Dzhanabayeva, Nadezhda Granovskaya and Tatiana Kotova) performing in Krasnodar, February 2010
Alena Vinnitskaya is a Ukrainian singer, songwriter, composer and TV presenter. She is an author and performer.
Nu Virgos
…co-producer of the group's albums. Meladze is the writer of the group's songs and the co-producer of the group's albums. In 2000, "Popytka No. 5" with Alena Vinnitskaya and Nadia Meiher, was released, with "Obnimi menya" ("Hold Me Closer"), "Bomba" (Bomb), "Ya ne vernus" ("I Won't Be Back") following after. By the end…