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Theatre Affair

In the spring of 2017, the Investigation Committee conducted the first searches in the criminal case, which everyone now knows as the “Serebrennikov case”, “the Seventh Studio case” or “The Platform case”. Six people, among whom is a world-famous director, are accused of having stolen more than one hundred million rubles allocated for staging performances from the state. And for this they can go to jail for 10 years. Journalists Katerina Gordeeva and Roman Super tried to figure out the essence of this matter. We talked to people who know what theater is, including in terms of money. Studied financial documents. Communicated with those with whom no one had ever succeeded. They understood why the applause of the audience and the compliments of the Ministry of Culture turned into arrests. And of course, went to all court sessions.

Top Cast

  • Kirill Serebrennikov

    Kirill Serebrennikov

    himself

  • Semen Serebrenikov

    Semen Serebrenikov

    himself

  • Evgeny Mironov

    Evgeny Mironov

    himself

  • Vladimir Mashkov

    Vladimir Mashkov

    himself

  • Zakhar Prilepin

    Zakhar Prilepin

    himself

  • Alla Demidova

    Alla Demidova

    herself

  • Alexey Malobrodskiy

    Alexey Malobrodskiy

    himself

  • Nikita Kukushkin

    Nikita Kukushkin

    himself

  • Rinal Mukhametov

    Rinal Mukhametov

    himself

Overview

In the spring of 2017, the Investigation Committee conducted the first searches in the criminal case, which everyone now knows as the “Serebrennikov case”, “the Seventh Studio case” or “The Platform case”. Six people, among whom is a world-famous director, are accused of having stolen more than one hundred million rubles allocated for staging performances from the state. And for this they can go to jail for 10 years. Journalists Katerina Gordeeva and Roman Super tried to figure out the essence of this matter. We talked to people who know what theater is, including in terms of money. Studied financial documents. Communicated with those with whom no one had ever succeeded. They understood why the applause of the audience and the compliments of the Ministry of Culture turned into arrests. And of course, went to all court sessions.

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