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| Russian theater and film director Serebrennikov released from house arrest | |
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| Renowned Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov has been released from house arrest and placed under travel restrictions. He is charged with taking part in the embezzlement of state funds, allocated for theater projects. | |
| The Moscow City Court ruled in favor of the defendant on Monday, after his legal team launched an appeal, arguing that his good conduct during the trial should allow him to be released from house arrest. Two of his co-defendants received the same ruling. | The Moscow City Court ruled in favor of the defendant on Monday, after his legal team launched an appeal, arguing that his good conduct during the trial should allow him to be released from house arrest. Two of his co-defendants received the same ruling. |
| “I’m going to celebrate now, and soon return to work,” Serebrennikov told reporters following the ruling. “It’s not easy mentally, but I’ve got a lot of things coming up – plays, rehearsals.” | “I’m going to celebrate now, and soon return to work,” Serebrennikov told reporters following the ruling. “It’s not easy mentally, but I’ve got a lot of things coming up – plays, rehearsals.” |
| Thanking his supporters, the director stressed that his trial is still ongoing. “I must reiterate: nothing has been settled so far,” he said. “We must continue [to do] everything in court, and prove our complete innocence.” | Thanking his supporters, the director stressed that his trial is still ongoing. “I must reiterate: nothing has been settled so far,” he said. “We must continue [to do] everything in court, and prove our complete innocence.” |
| The head of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights, Mikhail Fedotov, welcomed the court’s decision, calling it the “absolutely right one… albeit belated.” He said that “harsh, inappropriate measures” such as house arrest should not have been applied to Serebrennikov to begin with. | The head of the Presidential Council for Civil Society and Human Rights, Mikhail Fedotov, welcomed the court’s decision, calling it the “absolutely right one… albeit belated.” He said that “harsh, inappropriate measures” such as house arrest should not have been applied to Serebrennikov to begin with. |
| The director was arrested in 2017 and subsequently charged with participating in a large embezzlement scheme involving government funding of various projects of the ‘Sedmaya Studiya’ (Seventh Studio), which he created and led. | The director was arrested in 2017 and subsequently charged with participating in a large embezzlement scheme involving government funding of various projects of the ‘Sedmaya Studiya’ (Seventh Studio), which he created and led. |
| Serebrennikov denies all allegations. | Serebrennikov denies all allegations. |
| The trial was highly publicized and attracted extensive media coverage in Russia and abroad. Many directors, actors, and musicians spoke out in Serebrennikov’s defense, including Hollywood actress Cate Blanchett and Vladimir Urin, the head of the Bolshoi Theater. | The trial was highly publicized and attracted extensive media coverage in Russia and abroad. Many directors, actors, and musicians spoke out in Serebrennikov’s defense, including Hollywood actress Cate Blanchett and Vladimir Urin, the head of the Bolshoi Theater. |
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