Teen street musician jailed for leading anti-Putin song performance in St. Petersburg: report

Diana Loginova faces charges for organizing an unauthorized public gathering and discrediting the Russian military after performing an anti-Putin song.


Teen street musician jailed for leading anti-Putin song performance in St. Petersburg: report
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Diana Loginova faces a single administrative charge for organizing an unauthorized public gathering and has been jailed for 13 days, The Moscow Times reported.

After serving her sentence, Loginova will face an additional administrative offense of "discrediting" the Russian military, Reuters reported.

Loginova, who performs under the name Naoko with the band Stoptime, was arrested Tuesday after being filmed earlier leading a crowd in singing the lyrics to exiled rapper Noize MC's hit song "Swan Lake Cooperative."

The song doesn't reference Russian President Vladimir Putin or mention the war in Ukraine. It is a reference to Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, which was played on television after the deaths of Soviet leaders and during the 1991 coup attempt against President Mikhail Gorbachev.

In May, a St. Petersburg court banned the song on grounds it "may contain signs of justification and excuse for hostile, hateful attitudes towards people, as well as statements promoting violent changes to the foundations of the constitutional order."

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