More than one and a half years sat the Russian Director Serebrennikov in Moscow under house arrest. Now, he was surprisingly dismissed. He is not allowed to leave the city without permission.
The Russian Director Kirill Serebrennikov is surprisingly after about one and a half years of house arrest in Moscow, has been dismissed. The 49-Year-old should not leave the city without permission, reported the Agency Interfax citing a court of law. Therefore, he must ask the police for permission if he wants to leave Moscow. His passport has been confiscated.
allegation: public funds embezzled
Serebrennikov said that he wanted to work freely again. Human rights activists welcomed the decision of the court. The Russian judiciary accuses Serebrennikov, as well as other accused to have between 2011 and 2014, the equivalent of 1.8 million Euro state funding for a theatre project misappropriated. The Director rejects the allegations. He assured that the money was solely invested in theatre projects.
The Director Kirill Serebrennikov is accused to have state funds to be misappropriated. He rejects the accusations.
The Prosecutor’s office had requested that the artist also in the future, in his apartment, in order to clarify open questions. Only last week, the house arrest had been extended for a further three months, despite international protests. Him to ten years in prison.
critique: the pursuit of a liberal artist
the case against the cinema and the theatre Director as a staged criticized. Movie stars, theater artists and politicians of Russia had repeatedly asked to stop the persecution of a liberal artist. Again and again there were accusations that the investigators have nothing against Serebrennikov in the Hand.
The Director worked during the Arrest in his apartment – despite the limited freedom of movement. The Hamburg state Opera performed in March of its new production of Giuseppe Verdi’s Opera “Nabucco”. Also, the Stuttgart Opera and other houses had brought to the performances, despite the absence of the Director on the stage. At the end of March, he received the prestigious Russian film award “Nika” for best Director. His last year in Germany, featured the Film “Leto” tells the story of the Soviet rock stars Viktor Tsoi.
Serebrennikov, subject to conditions of house arrest
Sabine Stöhr, ARD Moscow
08.04.2019 12:47 PM
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