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Hundreds of people gathered at the center of st petersburg one in rare moment of protest Sung anti-war songs against Russian President Vladimir Putin.
A crowd of youth gathered in Kazanskaya Square to sing anti-war songs, including those banned Song ,Swan Lake Collective” by Russian rapper Noize MC, in footage that has now gone viral on social media.
The song, banned from distribution by the Primorsky District Court in May, contains anti-Putin lyrics, including “The old man is still clinging to his throne, afraid to let go” and “When the Tsar dies, we’ll dance again – ‘Swan Lake’ on every screen.”
The crowd can be heard chanting in chorus: “I want to see balletLet the swans dance. Let the old man tremble in fear of his lake.”
Russia’s Justice Ministry labeled Noize MC, real name Ivan Alekseyev, a “foreign agent” in November 2022. After the full-scale invasion of Ukraine he relocated to Lithuania. Tchaikovsky’s ballet Swan Lake became a symbol of the collapse of the Soviet Union after it was played repeatedly on state television during the turmoil of August 1991.
According to regional news outlet Fontanka, 18-year-old singer Diana Loginova was taken to a police station on charges of performing songs by foreign agents. The teen, who performs under the stage name Naoko, sang with the band Stoptime before being stopped by police.
Local media said the complaints against him related to his lack of documents required for the demonstration. Photographs of Ms Loginova showed her being detained at a police station after the protest.
The gathering is a rare moment of protest against Putin The right to freedom of assembly is severely restricted by Russian authorities.
It came as Britain issued new sanctions against Russian oil companies and the country’s “shadow fleet”. Russia’s two largest oil companies – Lukoil and Rosneft – will be hit by sanctions, with Chancellor Rachel Reeves making it clear that “Russian oil is priced out of the market.”
Speaking at the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), he said the UK government was “significantly increasing pressure on Russia and Vladimir Putin’s war effort.”
Donald Trump has warned that Putin should resolve the Ukraine war as it is tarnishing Russia’s image and threatening the country’s economic collapse.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry PeskovWhile not commenting directly on Trump’s comments, he said the Russian leader is ready to end the war moscow Americans were grateful for the President’s efforts.
“As far as the Russian economy is concerned, it has a sufficient and significant margin of safety to allow the country’s leadership and all of us to implement the plans that we have set for ourselves,” Peskov told reporters.