Diana Loginova, an 18-year-old street musician performing under the name Naoko, charged with discrediting Russia's armed forces, attends a court hearing in Saint Petersburg, Russia October 28, 2025.

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A magnificent concert event. As the Russian journalist Elena Karakoleva writes, "These songs were known and loved by everybody in this country. A number of highly talented composers and poets were ...

There’s a new Russian anthem for the war in Ukraine, and it is almost certainly not a banger. The new song is called “Sarmatushka” — a tribute to the RS-28 Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile — ...

Vol. 2 is MCD 71561. Program notes ([2] p.) inserted in container. 101. Snow Flurries. Sergei Lemeshev, soloist. Osipov Balalaika Orchestra. Russian folk song. Vdol Po Ulitsa Metilitsa / 00:02:53 102.

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 ...

The Russian prosecution office opened a case against 18-year-old Diana “Naoko” Loginova, a student at the Rimsky-Korsakov Music College and vocalist of the St. Petersburg street band Stoptime. The ...

Authorities in the Russian republic of Chechnya are banning music they consider either too fast or too slow, effectively criminalizing many genres. The Chechen Ministry of Culture announced the ban on ...

The first concert was held on Tuesday at the Wonderland Hong Kong open-air concert venue holding about 1,000 spectators HONG KONG, December 17. /TASS/. The Chinese people love Russian music, so it is ...

Paul McCartney helped create two tunes for another singer inspired by Russian songs. He explained why he never worked with the singer after her first album. He discussed his strongest memory of one of ...

Diana Loginova, an 18-year-old Russian singer of Stoptime street band who served two consecutive 13-day prison sentences on various misdemeanor charges, sits during a court session in St. Petersburg, ...