Russian director who irked establishment given house arrest

Record ID: 907537

  • Title: Russian director who irked establishment given house arrest
  • Date: 23rd August 2017
  • Summary: MOSCOW, RUSSIA (AUGUST 23, 2017) (REUTERS) KIRILL SEREBRENNIKOV IN COURT CAGE COURT BAILIFF'S WEAPON SEREBRENNIKOV LISTENING AS JUDGE READS OUR VERDICT SEREBRENNIKOV LISTENING AS JUDGE SAYS HE HAS MEANS TO ESCAPE IN CASE NOT ARRESTED COURT BAILIFFS ESCORTING SEREBRENNIKOV OUT OF COURT ROOM MEDIA (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) KIRILL SEREBRENNIKOV'S LAWYER, DMITRY KHARITONOV, SAYING: "We believe this measure to be excessive and ungrounded. We have presented to court with over 20 personal guarantees from the most famous representatives of theatre and culture world in the country. And we have asked either to accept the guarantees or to grant bail. Unfortunately the court did not hear us and upheld a motion of the investigator. That's why we will appeal this decision." SEREBRENNIKOV'S SUPPORTERS NEAR COURT (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) SEREBRENNIKOV'S SUPPORTER, ARTIST AND DIRECTOR, ANDREI SAVELYEV, SAYING: "All the talks that he can disappear and run away are nonsense. Kirill has fully cooperated with the investigation under the Platform case and he came to all questionings and answered all the questions." POLICE VAN (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) SEREBRENNIKOV'S SUPPORTER, JOURNALIST, YEKATERINA GORDEYEVA, SAYING: "I have never thought there would be times in my life when house arrest would be better then something else. And it is frightening that we are in this situation. And this case has nothing to do with justice in my view." SEREBRENNIKOV'S SUPPORTERS NEAR COURT
  • Embargoed: 6th September 2017 15:12
  • Keywords: Russia theatre artistic director Gogol Centre Kirill Serebrennikov Basmanny court house arrest
  • Location: MOSCOW, RUSSIA
  • City: MOSCOW, RUSSIA
  • Country: Russia
  • Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Arts / Culture / Entertainment,Judicial Process/Court Cases/Court Decisions
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016VDNEX3
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