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Prominent Russian theatre director Kirill Serebrennikov has been arrested by Russian authorities. What is going on?

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Olga Zeveleva
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film critic, The Hollywood Reporter and The Guardian. Tweets as @LeslieFelperin  · 23 авг 2017

Serebrennikov is one of Russia's strongest voices in theatre and film against hypocrisy, corruption and the absurdity of the current regime. 

I am suspicious of the embezzlement charges and would insist all are innocent until proven guilty. A full scale arrest seems very fishy. I've no insight as what what we can do yet but hope there will be recognition of this from PEN, Amnesty and rights groups soon.

American writer and theater critic. Author of numerous books on Russian theatre...  · 23 авг 2017
I think my reaction is best described as angry and fed up. The cultural conservatives, who hold power in Russia and have for some time, continue to wage war against diversity, against experimentation, against an approach to art and to life that posits honesty, integrity and inquisitiveness as indispensable. It is not, as the authorities call it, a case of embezzlement... Читать далее
General Secretary of the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI), jury member...  · 23 авг 2017
I got the bad news and was concerned, and was sad that Kirill Serebrennikov has been forced to interrupt his artistic work (which should have brought him in September to the Stuttgart Opera, for a staging of "Hänsel und Gretel"). It is always highly problematic and a dangerous approach to the work and freedom of an artist when his file gets on the desk of the procuratora... Читать далее
Fellow of the British Academy and Professor of Russian at the University of Oxford  · 23 авг 2017
I was shocked to read of Kirill Serebrennikov's arrest, particularly since at least one of the accusations seems truly bizarre (that A Midsummer Night's Dream was never staged, and the funds simply syphoned off -- a quick search of the Internet with limited date parameters, 1 Jan. 2012-31 Dec. 2012, produces dozens of references, including a video on Youtube loaded by... Читать далее