Kirill Serebrennikov is accused of embezzling £900,000, but supporters say he is victim of crackdown on dissentA court in Moscow has put a widely revered Russian theatre director under house arrest on charges of embezzling £900,000, in a case that his supporters fear is part of a crackdown on dissenting voices.Kirill Serebrennikov, 47, was detained on Tuesday in St Petersburg where he was shooting a film and pu…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:12AM on August 23, 2017