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☆ 2 Russian Women Put on a Play. Then the State Came for Them.
  + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Valerie Hopkins | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: 1 min
They wrote and staged their play as an indictment of terrorism, examining the deception and depravity of violent extremists and the people whose lives they ruin. But now the two women behind the production of “Finist the Brave Falcon” are standing trial in a Moscow courtroom, charged with justifying the kind of acts they meant to condemn. The director, Yevgenia Berkovich, 39, and the playwright, Svetlana Petriychuk, 44, two highly decorated fixtures of contemporary Russian theater, have been in custody for more than a year. They face up to seven years in prison if convicted. One of their lawyers and people in the Russian cultural community contend that the prosecution is one of the clearest examples of the accelerating crackdown on freedom of expression since Russia attacked Ukraine in February 2022.
Persons: Yevgenia Berkovich, Svetlana Petriychuk Locations: Moscow, Russian, Russia, Ukraine
☆ Opinion | The Witch Hunt Underway in Russia
  + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Vasilisa Kirilochkina | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
“Justifying terrorism.”The plaintiffs have appealed being held in pretrial detention three times; each time, the court has denied it. The prosecution, on the other hand, has asked the court three times to postpone the trial “to interview important witnesses”; each time, the court has granted the request. But if Ms. Berkovich and Ms. Petriychuk are found guilty, that could change, lawyers say. Expressing feminist views in Russia has become an increasingly dangerous thing to do. The play at the heart of the case is based on the true stories of Russian women who were recruited by ISIS terrorists.
Persons: Svetlana Petriychuk, Zhenya Berkovich, “ Finist, ”, Berkovich, Petriychuk, Vladimir Putin’s, Maryushka Organizations: ISIS Locations: Russian, Russia, Syria
☆ Russian director and playwright arrested and accused of ‘justifying terrorism’
  + stars: | 2023-05-06 | by ( Darya Tarasova Sophie Tanno | Darya Tarasova | Sophie Tanno | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +2 min
CNN —An acclaimed theater director and playwright have been arrested in Russia and accused of “justifying terrorism” for their play about Russian women being recruited online to marry Islamic State fighters in Syria. Yevgenia Berkovich was arrested on Friday alongside the play’s author, Svetlana Petriychuk, after investigators alleged that their award-winning play “Finist, the Brave Falcon” was in violation of the law. Prosecutors argue the work “romanticizes, justifies and glorifies terrorists” as well as promoting the “ideology of radical feminism”, Russian state media TASS reported. It was staged in 2021 by Berkovich’s own company, with the support of the Union of Theater Workers of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, according to independent news website Meduza. Russia’s cultural scene has faced increased repression since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine.
☆ Russian theatre director accused of 'justifying terrorism' remanded in custody
  + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
[1/6] Russian playwright Svetlana Petriychuk, detained on suspicion of justifying terrorism, attends a court hearing in Moscow, Russia May 5, 2023. REUTERS/StringerSummary This content was produced in Russia, where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in UkraineMOSCOW, May 5 (Reuters) - A prominent Russian theatre director was remanded in custody for two months on Friday after being accused of justifying terrorism with an award-winning play about Russian women who married Islamic State fighters, the state news agency TASS reported. Investigators opened a case this week against Yevgenia (Zhenya) Berkovich and playwright Svetlana Petriychuk, alleging that Petriychuk's "Finist, the Brave Falcon", which premiered in 2020 under Berkovich's direction, had broken the law. "Finist, the Brave Falcon" won two "Golden Mask" national theatre awards last year, and Berkovich also received a nomination for best director. The detention of the two women has drawn condemnation from several prominent Russian artists and cultural figures.
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