Actor Pavel Ustinov, a figure in the Moscow case, was mobilized. This is reported by the «New Theater», in the troupe of which he works.
“If war comes to our house, it will be too late. Behind us are families, wives, parents, children who may be in great danger if they do nothing <…> The integrity of the territories must be preserved, and if the country needed additional forces for this, then there can be no other way out, ”the Novy Theater page on VKontakte quotes Ustinov as saying.
“Scanned slogans”. The verdict against actor Ustinov was based on a template administrative case
The information about Ustinov's mobilization was confirmed to Dozhd by his sister Yulia. According to her, on October 10, the actor received a summons in the city of Shchelkovo near Moscow, and on October 12 he was sent to the Vladimir region to prepare for hostilities.
In September 2019, Pavel Ustinov received 3.5 years in prison in the case of a dislocated shoulder of a National Guard officer (part 2 of article 318 of the Criminal Code). According to the prosecution, the actor «actively tried to free himself» from the security forces during the detention at the rally for the admission of independent candidates to the elections to the Moscow City Duma. After a wide public outcry, the Moscow City Court commuted the sentence, changing his sentence to a year of probation.