Russian Street Musician Found Guilty of 'Discrediting' the Army After She Played Anti-Kremlin Songs ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) -An 18-year-old Russian street musician jailed for nearly two weeks ...

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Authorities in the Penza region of Russia have begun using a new method to recruit for the army. Security forces are now specifically targeting men with debts and criminal records right on the streets ...

Young Russian Street Musicians Who Played Anti-Kremlin Songs Get More Jail Time ST PETERSBURG (Reuters) -A group of young Russian street musicians who went viral on social media for playing banned ...

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 ...

A teenage street musician in Russia walked out of prison Monday after serving nearly a month behind bars for the crime of singing banned songs, only to be detained yet again. Diana Loginova, 18, who ...

In response to the third time that Diana Loginova (aka Naoko) and Aleksandr Orlov, street music performers from the band Stoptime, are being held in administrative detention, Denis Krivosheev, Amnesty ...

This post is part of Global Voices’ September 2026 Spotlight series, “Protest in Democracy.” With this Spotlight, we seek to explore the many forms of protest, the tactics states use to delegitimize ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...