The Khamovnichesky District Court of Moscow extended until November 4 the term of arrest of director Yevgenia Berkovich and screenwriter Svetlana Petriychuk, against whom a case was opened for incitement to terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code) because of the play Finist Yasny Sokol. This is reported by the correspondent of «Mediazona».
Extension of the arrest of Berkovich and Petriychuk. Online
Investigator Dmitry Poleshchuk insisted on extending the arrest, since, in his opinion, Berkovich and Petriychuk could escape or influence witnesses.
The defense asked to release Berkovich from the pre-trial detention center, because her adopted daughters are in her care. Experts came to the conclusion that the arrest of the director negatively affects their health. In addition, Berkovich is dependent on two grandmothers born in 1934.
At the meeting, lawyer Berkovich also read out the names of the people who vouched for her and Petriychuk. Among them are actors Oleg Menshikov and Konstantin Raikin, as well as TV presenter Ksenia Sobchak.
Berkovich and Petriychuk have been in jail since May. The examination of their case was conducted by the creator of «destructology» Roman Silantiev. He found in the play «Finist Yasny Sokol» «signs of the ideology of radical feminism and the fight against the androcentric social structure of Russia.»
In July, Berkovich's lawyer Ksenia Karpinskaya reported that a new examination had been appointed in the case.
The heroines of the play “Finist Yasny Sokol” are women from Russia who met the Islamists and went to see them in Syria. The production was released in 2021 and received two Golden Masks. At the same time, the pro-government publication National Course called it “anti-Russian”.