The Moscow City Court extended on Thursday the house arrest of Russian film and theater director Kirill Serebrennikov, who is under investigation for allegedly embezzling state funds, a Sputnik correspondent reported.
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 16th August, 2018) The Moscow City Court extended on Thursday the house arrest of Russian film and theater director Kirill Serebrennikov, who is under investigation for allegedly embezzling state funds, a Sputnik correspondent reported.
The extension was put under consideration due to the fact that Serebrennikov had been under house arrest longer than the prescribed time limit allowed.
"[The Court ruled] to satisfy the investigator's application and extend the preventive measure of house arrest for defendant Serebrennikov until September 19," judge Andrei Gurov said.
According to the investigator, the defense team and the defendant have familiarized themselves with almost all case files. A number of forensic examinations have been carried out and at least 100 witnesses have been questioned as part of the probe into the case.
The investigators suspect Serebrennikov, the artistic director of Moscow Gogol Center Theater, and other individuals to be involved in embezzling 133 million rubles ($1.9 million) out of 214 million rubles allocated by the state for the development and popularization of modern art in Russia as part of the Platforma theater project in 2011-2014.
