The former director of the Red Torch Theater in Novosibirsk, Aleksandr Kulyabin, whose son fled Russia last year after he protested against Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, has been detained on embezzlement charges. The Novosibirsk regional prosecutor’s office said on January 24 that Kulyabin was detained after a search of his home. His pretrial restrictions are to be decided by a court. Timofei Kulyabin worked as the chief producer at the theater in the Siberian city before he left Russia for an unspecified country last spring. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Siberia.Realities, click here.
Former Theater Director Whose Son Fled Russia Detained On Embezzlement Charge
Aleksandr Kulyabin (file photo)