The Yandex.Music service blocked in Russia the audio version of director Evgenia Berkovich’s appeal to the court, read by famous artists and journalists. The publication It's my city drew attention to the blocking.
The exact reasons for the blocking are unknown — the entry was deleted at the request of Roskomnadzor. The track was recorded by actress Chulpan Khamatova, Ural poet Naum Blik, musicians Vladi, Legalize, Krec and journalist Katerina Gordeeva. They read out an appeal in verse to the court, voiced by the director on January 9 at the next meeting to extend the preventive measure. In it, Berkovich spoke about her emotions in connection with the criminal prosecution.
Since May 5, 2023, Berkovich, together with screenwriter Svetlana Petriychuk, have been in pre-trial detention center in the case of justifying terrorism (Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code) because of the play «Finist Yasny Sokol» It tells about women from Russia who decided to marry Islamists and go to Syria. As part of the criminal case, an examination was carried out — FSB specialists found “glorification of militants” in the play and came to the conclusion that the play “unambiguously negatively characterizes Russian men.”
The We Exist project published an audio version of Berkovich’s appeal on social networks on January 22 . The recording is still available on other platforms — in particular, on VKontakte.