A St. Petersburg court found her guilty this Thursday of organizing an unplanned demonstration that blocked public access to the metro, considered an administrative offense, but not a criminal one.
Police in that city reported that, after serving the 13 days, Loginova will be charged with an additional administrative offense for “discrediting” the Russian army.
If convicted, you could be fined. If you reoffend, you could face criminal charges and a long prison sentence.
Noize MC, the musician who wrote “Swan Lake Cooperative” and whose real name is Ivan Alexeyev, is openly critical of the Kremlin and emigrated to Lithuania after the start of the war in Ukraine, having been added by the Russian presidency to the list of “foreign agents”, which includes hundreds of individuals and entities accused of conducting subversive activities with foreign support.
In May, a St. Petersburg court banned the song, claiming that “may contain signs of justification and excuse for hostile and hateful attitudes towards people, as well as statements that promote violent changes in the foundations of the constitutional order”.
Although the links to the Swan Lake Cooperative Although YouTube and the Noize MC website are blocked in Russia, many young people use virtual private networks (VPNs) to circumvent these bans.
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