Stoptime, a St. Petersburg street band, found fame covering musicians Russia branded ‘foreign agents.’ Now its singer and guitarist are on the list, too.
Russia’s Justice Ministry has added Diana “Naoko” Loginova, the vocalist for the band Stoptime, to its registry of “foreign agents.”
The St. Petersburg street band, Stoptime, gained recognition by covering songs by musicians branded by Russia as "foreign agents." However, their fame came with a price as the band's vocalist Diana "Naoko" Loginova and guitarist Alexander Orlov have now been added to Russia's registry of "foreign agents." The band's members were detained in the fall of 2025 for allegedly organizing a mass gathering in a public place, spending over a month in a detention center.
Following their release, Loginova and Orlov left Russia, recording their first album while residing abroad. A Russian lawmaker once proposed turning Stoptime's teenage lead singer into a patriotic icon if she would recant on camera, but Loginova opted for exile instead. The band's anti-Kremlin hits became their claim to fame, but performing such songs also led them to imprisonment.
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