Putin commented on the house arrest Serebrennikov
Moscow. September 5. INTERFAX.RU — house arrest directed by Kirill Serebrennikov doesn’t mean he is guilty of something, said Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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“Despite the fact that it (pieces of silver — if) is under house arrest — it does not mean that he is guilty of something. He is guilty or not, can only be determined by the court,” he said at a press conference on Tuesday in China Xiamen.
The President noted that “by Serebrennikov from the government no questions, except one: respect for the law in the use of budget money”.
Putin noted that the work Serebrennikov can be treated in different ways, but “if the government is funding — so, it is at least neutral and allows the artist to create, to work.”
Pieces of silver, as well as the former Director of the “Gogol-center” and the former General producer “Seventh Studio” Alex Malopolski, former Director General of the organization Yuri Itin former chief accountant Nina Maslyaeva accused in the theft of at least 68 million rubles allocated from the budget for cultural project “Platform” (part 4 of article 159 of the criminal code).
September 4, the Moscow city court upheld the house arrest Serebrennikov, the court let him walk.