On January 9, 2024, the Moscow Zamoskvoretsky Court will consider the petition to extend the detention period of director Evgenia Berkovich and playwright Svetlana Petriychuk. This was reported by TASS referring to lawyer Sergei Badamshin.
“The Zamoskvoretsky court has scheduled a meeting for January 9 at 12:30 to extend the preventive measure,” he said.
On November 2, the Moscow Zamoskvoretsky Court extended the preventive measure in the form of detention against Berkovich and Petriychuk until January 10, 2024. On November 30, the Moscow City Court rejected Calls were made to extend the detention to director Evgenia Berkovich and playwright Svetlana Petriychuk. directed by Berkovich launched He left the pre-trial detention center so he could say goodbye to his grandmother, writer Nina Katerli.
Evgeniya Berkovich and Svetlana Petriychuk were detained at the beginning of May on charges of legitimizing terrorism due to the play “Finist Yasny Falcon”, which Berkovich staged based on Petriychuk’s script. The play won awards in two categories at the Golden Mask, Russia’s largest theater award, in 2022.
Previously Urgant, Raikin and Mironov asked Release Director Berkovich from the pre-trial detention center.