A Moscow court on March 6 extended the pretrial detentions for theater director Yevgenia Berkovich and playwright Svetlana Petriichuk until at least April 10. The two were arrested in May last year on charges of justifying terrorism through the production of the play Finist -- The Brave Falcon. The play is about Russian women who married Muslim men and moved to Syria. Berkovich and Petriichuk maintain their innocence. If convicted, they face up to five years in prison. Their play, first performed in December 2022, won Russia's Golden Mask national theater award. To read the original story by Current Time, click here.
Moscow Court Extends Pretrial Detentions Of Theater Director Berkovich, Playwright Petriichuk
Playwright Svetlana Petriichuk (left) and director Yevgenia Berkovich attend a court hearing in Moscow in June 2023.