Russian court orders arrest of theatre director and playwright
Also: Russia: Outrage after director and playwright detained (Deutsche-Welle)
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Source: Agence France-Presse
Russian court orders arrest of theatre director and playwright
Issued on: 06/05/2023 - 00:12
Modified: 06/05/2023 - 00:10
Moscow (AFP) – A Moscow court on Friday ordered the arrest of a theatre director and a playwright on charges of "justifying terrorism" over an award-winning play about Russian women recruited online to marry radical Islamists in Syria.
Director Yevgeniya Berkovich and author Svetlana Petriychuk were placed in custody until July 4, Russian news agencies reported.
The case comes as Moscow has launched an unprecedented crackdown on dissent at home as troops fight in Ukraine and as much of the Russian arts community has fled the country.
Berkovich is also an outspoken critic of President Vladimir Putin's more than year-long Ukraine offensive, publishing poems criticising the military campaign.
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Read more: https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230505-russian-court-orders-arrest-of-theatre-director-and-playwright
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Source: Deutsche-Welle
Russia: Outrage after director and playwright detained
Two women, a director and a playwright, face charges of justifying terrorism over a play about Russian women recruited to marry radical Islamists in Syria. The charges sparked outrage amid a Russian crackdown on dissent.
05/06/2023
A court in Russia ordered pretrial detention for a prominent theater director and a playwright on Friday after the two were accused of "justifying terrorism."
Director Zhenya Berkovich and playwright Svetlana Petriychuk will be jailed for at least two months while awaiting trial, Russian news agencies reported.
The charges come as many in Russia's theater and arts community have fled the country amid a widespread crackdown on dissent at home amid Russia's war in Ukraine.
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Read more: https://www.dw.com/en/russia-outrage-after-director-and-playwright-detained/a-65533685