#DonaldTheDeplorable is going his damned best to turn the #UnitedStates into another #Russia. #Qanon in the #Kremlin is celebrating the ‘success’ of Agent #Krasnov.

#Project2025 , #American#Carnage2.0, #USpol #kakistocracy , whatever you want to call it, it is all just the means of achieving the *same* underlying goal; #Russia taking revenge on the #UnitedStates for the disintegration of the #SovietUnion after losing losing the #ColdWar.

A teenager gave a street concert critical of authoritarian rule, played Swan Lake, and is now caught up in #Russia's courts

« On the streets of St Petersburg, #Stoptime have been performing songs by exiled Russian artists like Noize MC and Monetochka, singer-songwriters fiercely critical of the #Kremlin and of Russia's war in #Ukraine.

Many of these prominent musicians, now abroad, have been officially designated foreign agents by Russian authorities. »

bbc.com/news/articles/cz91jyxj…

How teenager gave street concert and was caught up in Russia's repressive past

Diana Loginova sang songs critical of the Kremlin. The 18-year-old and her bandmate are now in court.

^{Steve Rosenberg (BBC News)}