Overview

• Vocalist Diana “Naoko” Loginova and guitarist Alexander were taken to a police station, and authorities have not specified what they are accused of.
• The duo had drawn large, mostly young crowds with street performances that included songs by Noize MC, Monetochka and Zemfira.
• One recent set on Nevsky Prospekt featured Noize MC’s track Kooperativ Lebedinoye Ozero, which was officially banned in May for fostering negative attitudes toward Russian authorities.
• Videos of the concerts spread widely on social networks and pro-government channels, where threats and calls for denunciations appeared.
• Presidential Human Rights Council member and pro-government Regnum editor-in-chief Marina Akhmedova filed a complaint, and the band later said it would stop pre-announcing locations and closed video submissions in comments.