{"id":7232,"date":"2025-10-16T21:12:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T21:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/7232\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T21:12:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T21:12:09","slug":"teen-street-musician-jailed-for-anti-putin-song-in-st-petersburg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/7232\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen street musician jailed for anti-Putin song in St. Petersburg"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/russia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">St. Petersburg,<\/a> a rare act of defiance, according to local reports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Diana Loginova faces a single administrative charge for organizing an unauthorized public gathering and has been jailed for 13 days, The Moscow Times reported.<\/p>\n<p>After serving her sentence, Loginova will face an additional administrative offense of &#8220;discrediting&#8221; the Russian military, Reuters reported.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/nursing-home-resident-95-charged-beating-holocaust-survivor-roommate-death-wheelchair-pedal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">NURSING HOME RESIDENT, 95, CHARGED WITH BEATING HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR ROOMMATE TO DEATH WITH WHEELCHAIR PEDAL<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/teen-musician-anti-putin-protest.jpg\" alt=\"Diana Loginova, a street musician\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>A Russian law enforcement officer removes handcuffs from Diana Loginova, an 18-year-old street musician performing under the name Naoko who was detained after publicly singing a song banned by the government in front of a crowd of fans before a court hearing in Saint Petersburg, Russia. (Anton Vaganov\/Reuters)<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019s hit song &#8220;Swan Lake Cooperative.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Noize MC, the musician who wrote &#8220;Swan Lake Cooperative,&#8221; is openly critical of the Kremlin and left Russia for Lithuania after the start of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/defense\/wars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">war in Ukraine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/cnns-brian-stelter-says-pro-trump-activists-seized-charlotte-stabbing-rips-baldly-racist-comments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CNN&#8217;S BRIAN STELTER SAYS &#8216;PRO-TRUMP ACTIVISTS&#8217; SEIZED ON CHARLOTTE STABBING, RIPS &#8216;BALDLY RACIST&#8217; COMMENTS<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/putin-432.jpg\" alt=\"Russian President Vladimir Putin\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin holds his annual end-of-year press conference in Moscow Dec. 19, 2024 (Alexander Nemenov\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>For its part, Moscow has added him to its list of &#8220;foreign agents,&#8221; which includes hundreds of individuals and entities accused of conducting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/crime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">subversive activities<\/a> with support from abroad, Reuters reported.<\/p>\n<p>The song doesn\u2019t reference Russian President Vladimir Putin or mention the war in Ukraine. It is a reference to Tchaikovsky&#8217;s Swan Lake, which was played on television after the deaths of Soviet leaders and during the 1991 coup attempt against President Mikhail Gorbachev.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/teen-musician-anti-putin-protest-002.jpg\" alt=\"Diana Loginova in court\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Diana Loginova, an 18-year-old street musician performing under the name Naoko, sits in a courtroom before a hearing in Saint Petersburg. (Anton Vaganov\/Reuters)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In May, a St. Petersburg court banned the song on grounds it &#8220;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.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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