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St. Petersburg Street Musicians Leave Russia After Release From Repeated Detentions

Their exits cap a month of carousel arrests triggered by a viral anti-war song performance.

Diana Loginova, a teenage street musician performing under the name Naoko and singing in the Stoptime group who served three short jail stints for singing anti-Kremlin songs, sits in a car as she is escorted out of a temporary detention facility after her latest 13-day jail period ended in Saint Petersburg, Russia November 23, 2025. REUTERS/Anton Vaganov
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Overview

  • Reuters, citing Fontanka and Kommersant, reports that Diana Loginova, 18, and Alexander Orlov, 22, are now outside Russia after leaving detention on Sunday.
  • The pair were first detained on Oct. 15 in central St. Petersburg after Stoptime’s impromptu rendition of Noize MC’s “Swan Lake Cooperative” spread widely online.
  • The musicians cycled through short jail terms for minor public-order violations in what rights groups describe as carousel arrests.
  • A St. Petersburg court fined Loginova 30,000 roubles for “discrediting” the army over an anti-war song, and a separate charge was returned to police for lack of detail.
  • Drummer Vladislav Leontyev was released earlier this month, and no Stoptime members remain in custody, with administrative charges still on record.