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.

In a wood on the edge of St Petersburg they're reading out a list of names. Each name is a victim of the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin's Great Terror. In this part of ...

All public criticism of Moscow's ongoing full-scale invasion of Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin or the army is outlawed under sweeping censorship laws that rights groups have compared to those of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Singer angered authorities with anti-Kremlin songs Has already done two short jail stints and been fined Court jails her and guitarist fiance for another 13 days She is also accused of discrediting ...