ST PETERSBURG (Reuters) -A group of young Russian street musicians who went viral on social media for playing banned anti-Kremlin songs received more jail time on Wednesday, as authorities crack down on buskers who have staged performances across Russia in support of them.

The members of the band Stoptime were arrested earlier this month after performing the popular song “Swan Lake Cooperative” by exiled Russian rapper Noize MC – who is openly critical of the Kremlin – on a busy street in St Petersburg.

“The power of music is important, and what is happening now proves it,” the group’s 18-year-old vocalist Diana Loginova told reporters ahead of Wednesday’s court hearing.

Stoptime’s show on the central Nevsky Prospekt has spawned several solidarity performances of other anti-Kremlin song

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