18-Year-Old Musician Is in Putin's Russia for "forbidden...

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The St. Petersburg street musicians of the group "Stoptime" have been caught by the security organs. Their "Failure": they had sung songs by Kremlin-critical artists. The case shows how far-reaching censorship has become in Russia.

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A young street performer from St Petersburg has been jailed and fined for performing anti-Kremlin songs on the streets of the city. After spending two weeks in jail at the beginning of the month for attracting an unorganized crowd on the street and "obstructing public access to the metro" in Nevsky Prospekt, he has just received a further punishment.