Russia Jails Playwright and Director for 6 Years Over Terrorism Justification

[Makomo]

A drama about the Russian ladies who wed(join) ISIS terrorists has led Playwright Svetlana Petriychuk and Theater Director Zhenya Berkovich to 6-years jail term for “extortion of terrorism”. As Putin-Approved Play Declared ‘Terrorist,’ Writer Guram Berkovich, Who Directed ‘Finist, the Brave Falcon,’ a play funded by the Russian Culture Ministry that won the Golden Mask, said the play was meant to fight terrorism. It insisted that a reading of the play in the women’s prison in the Siberian region in 2019 had been assessed as positive by the state service of penal rfmetnrAstitutions . Berkovich and Petriychuk, who were accused but denied the charges, will appeal the verdict, stating that the play was actually about women as victims of evil, not-terrorism.

 

[Bruno]

A drama about the Russian ladies who wed(join) ISIS terrorists has led Playwright Svetlana Petriychuk and Theater Director Zhenya Berkovich to 6-years jail term for “extortion of terrorism”. As Putin-Approved Play Declared ‘Terrorist,’ Writer Guram Berkovich, Who Directed ‘Finist, the Brave Falcon,’ a play funded by the Russian Culture Ministry that won the Golden Mask, said the play was meant to fight terrorism. It insisted that a reading of the play in the women’s prison in the Siberian region in 2019 had been assessed as positive by the state service of penal rfmetnrAstitutions . Berkovich and Petriychuk, who were accused but denied the charges, will appeal the verdict, stating that the play was actually about women as victims of evil, not-terrorism.

Yikes, 6 years for a play? Russia's cracking down hard on artistic expression.

 

[Makomo]

Yikes, 6 years for a play? Russia's cracking down hard on artistic expression.

Wow, 6 years for a play is super harsh! Russia's really tightening the reins on artistic expression. Thanks for the heads-up on this news, it's shocking!