MOSCOW—When Russia’s leading contemporary theater and film director Kirill Serebrennikov and his three colleagues went on trial, virtually all of Russia’s cultural elite, nearly 4,000 actors, poets, writers, and directors demanded authorities stop the shameful proceedings. Even the most careful celebrities stopped being careful and made public comments condemning the prosecution.
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Russian theatre and film director Kirill Serebrennikov, accused of embezzling public funds, waits to hear the verdict in his trial in Moscow on June 26, 2020.
