Diana Loginova, an 18-year-old street musician performing under the name Naoko, charged with discrediting Russia's armed forces, attends a court hearing in Saint Petersburg, Russia October 28, 2025.

A teenage street musician has been jailed and charged with leading a public gathering in which she led a crowd in singing an anti-Putin rock song in St. Petersburg, a rare act of defiance, according ...

ST PETERSBURG, Oct 16 (Reuters) - A teenage Russian street musician was jailed for 13 days on Thursday after she played a banned anti-Kremlin song on St Petersburg's central avenue. Diana Loginova, an ...

ST PETERSBURG, Oct 29 (Reuters) - A group of young Russian street musicians who went viral on social media for playing banned anti-Kremlin songs received more jail time on Wednesday, as authorities ...

Russia Crackdown Diana Loginova, an 18-year-old Russian singer of Stoptime street band who served two consecutive 13-day prison sentences on various misdemeanor charges, sits during a court session in ...

The group, called Stoptime, had been performing anti-Kremlin songs for months and gaining in popularity before the authorities moved against the open dissent. By Ivan Nechepurenko Reporting from St.

A teenage Russian street musician who has spent nearly a month in jail after singing anti-Kremlin songs was handed another 13-day sentence on Tuesday. Diana Loginova, 18, who sings in a group called ...