Buzz Builds For Russian Singer Sentenced To More Time
- By RFE/RL and
- Will Tizard
The 18-year-old Russian singer Diana Loginova, also known as Naoko, has become a rising star on social media after she received a second jail sentence this week. She and her bandmates were detained after a street concert in St. Petersburg for performing protest songs by exiled artists, including Noize MC, who are labeled as foreign agents by the Kremlin. She has also faced additional charges over a lyric containing an expletive and for allegedly “discrediting” the Russian Army.