Diana Loginova, an 18-year-old street musician performing under the name Naoko, and guitarist Alexander Orlov from her band Stoptime, who were detained after publicly performing songs banned by the ...

A Russian court Tuesday extended the jailing of an 18-year-old street singer on charges seen as punishment for performing anti-war songs, an action denounced by human rights activists as part of a ...

ST PETERSBURG, Russia, Oct 28 (Reuters) - An 18-year-old Russian street musician jailed for nearly two weeks earlier this month for playing a banned anti-Kremlin song was found guilty on Tuesday of ...

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.

The Russian prosecution office opened a case against 18-year-old Diana “Naoko” Loginova, a student at the Rimsky-Korsakov Music College and vocalist of the St. Petersburg street band Stoptime. The ...

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 crack down on buskers who have ...