Overview

• Hundreds gathered on October 13 in Kazanskaya Square to sing Noize MC’s outlawed track “Cooperative Swan Lake,” a rare public act of dissent captured in widely shared videos.
• Eighteen-year-old performer Diana Loginova, known as Naoko, was arrested after leading the sing-along and was sentenced to 13 days in detention, according to multiple reports.
• Local outlets say Loginova faces administrative counts for organizing an unauthorized gathering and for “discrediting” the Russian military.
• A St. Petersburg court banned the song in May 2025 as “extremist,” ruling it promotes violent overthrow and is harmful to minors.
• Pro-Kremlin Telegram channels and nationalist figures condemned the event, while observers noted the performance’s symbolism and the artist Noize MC’s status as a designated “foreign agent” living in exile in Lithuania.