{"id":6987,"date":"2023-05-17T18:34:33","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T17:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=6987"},"modified":"2023-05-17T18:42:04","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T17:42:04","slug":"russia-orders-arrest-of-famous-producer-and-director-for-criticising-ukraine-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/politics\/russia-orders-arrest-of-famous-producer-and-director-for-criticising-ukraine-war\/2023\/05\/17\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia orders arrest of famous producer and director for criticising Ukraine war"},"content":{"rendered":"

TALLINN,<\/span> Estonia<\/span> (AFP)<\/span> –<\/span> A<\/span> Moscow<\/span> court<\/span> has<\/span> ordered<\/span> the<\/span> arrest<\/span> of<\/span> prominent<\/span> film<\/span> producer<\/span> Alexander<\/span> Rodnyansky<\/span> and<\/span> theater<\/span> director<\/span> Ivan<\/span> Viripayev<\/span> for<\/span> “spreading<\/span> false<\/span> information”<\/span> about<\/span> the<\/span> Russian<\/span> military.<\/span>\u00a0
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> first<\/span> court<\/span> hearing<\/span> against<\/span> Rodnyansky<\/span> and<\/span> Viripayev<\/span> took<\/span> place<\/span> on<\/span> April<\/span> 27,<\/span> but<\/span> the<\/span> court<\/span> did<\/span> not<\/span> report<\/span> until<\/span> Wednesday.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>According to the court’s press service, Rodnyansky and Vilipayev, who are outside Russia, will be detained as soon as Russian authorities successfully arrest or extradite them.<\/span> In<\/span> addition,<\/span> the<\/span> Russian<\/span> Interior<\/span> Ministry<\/span> placed<\/span> Vilipaev<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> federal<\/span> wanted<\/span> list.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Kyiv-born<\/span> Rodnyansky<\/span> has<\/span> been<\/span> one<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> most<\/span> influential<\/span> figures<\/span> in<\/span> Russian<\/span> cinema<\/span> in<\/span> recent<\/span> decades.<\/span> He<\/span> left<\/span> Russia<\/span> after<\/span> the<\/span> full-scale<\/span> invasion<\/span> of<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> began<\/span> in<\/span> February<\/span> 2022<\/span> and<\/span> has<\/span> repeatedly<\/span> publicly<\/span> voiced<\/span> his<\/span> opposition<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> war.<\/span> In<\/span> October<\/span> 2022,<\/span> the<\/span> Russian<\/span> Ministry<\/span> of<\/span> Justice<\/span> declared<\/span> Rodnyansky<\/span> a<\/span> “foreign<\/span> agent”.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A<\/span> popular<\/span> playwright,<\/span> director<\/span> and<\/span> actor,<\/span> Viripayev<\/span> has<\/span> lived<\/span> and<\/span> worked<\/span> in<\/span> Warsaw<\/span> for<\/span> several<\/span> years<\/span> and<\/span> has<\/span> spoken<\/span> out<\/span> against<\/span> Russia’s<\/span> invasion<\/span> of<\/span> Ukraine.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Also<\/span> on<\/span> Wednesday,<\/span> a<\/span> court<\/span> in<\/span> Moscow<\/span> sentenced<\/span> opposition<\/span> figure<\/span> and<\/span> anti-war<\/span> activist<\/span> Mikhail<\/span> Krieger<\/span> to<\/span> seven<\/span> years<\/span> in<\/span> prison.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Krieger<\/span> cited<\/span> a<\/span> 2020<\/span> social<\/span> media<\/span> post<\/span> in<\/span> which<\/span> he<\/span> praised<\/span> the<\/span> organizers<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> attack<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> Federal<\/span> Security<\/span> Service<\/span> building<\/span> and<\/span> referred<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> hanging<\/span> of<\/span> Russian<\/span> President<\/span> Vladimir<\/span> Putin,<\/span> alleging<\/span> terrorism<\/span> and<\/span> violence.<\/span> He<\/span> was<\/span> arrested<\/span> in<\/span> November<\/span> on<\/span> charges<\/span> of<\/span> inciting<\/span> hatred<\/span> through<\/span> threats.<\/span> Prosecutors<\/span> on<\/span> Tuesday<\/span> sought<\/span> nine<\/span> years<\/span> in<\/span> prison.<\/span> Krieger<\/span> told<\/span> the<\/span> court<\/span> just<\/span> before<\/span> his<\/span> sentencing<\/span> that<\/span> he<\/span> was<\/span> being<\/span> indicted<\/span> for<\/span> “anti-war<\/span> and<\/span> now<\/span> openly<\/span> pro-Ukrainian<\/span> stances.”<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Since<\/span> Putin<\/span> sent<\/span> troops<\/span> to<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> in<\/span> February<\/span> 2022,<\/span> the<\/span> government<\/span> has<\/span> continued<\/span> its<\/span> crackdown<\/span> on<\/span> dissidents<\/span> like<\/span> it<\/span> has<\/span> been<\/span> since<\/span> the<\/span> Soviet<\/span> era.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Criticism<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> war<\/span> was<\/span> criminalized<\/span> by<\/span> the<\/span> Kremlin’s<\/span> thorough<\/span> crackdown<\/span> campaign.<\/span> In<\/span> addition<\/span> to<\/span> fines<\/span> and<\/span> prison<\/span> sentences,<\/span> defendants<\/span> have<\/span> been<\/span> fired,<\/span> blacklisted,<\/span> branded<\/span> as<\/span> “foreign<\/span> spies”<\/span> and<\/span> fled<\/span> Russia.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TALLINN, Estonia (AFP) – A Moscow court has ordered the arrest of prominent film producer Alexander Rodnyansky and theater director Ivan Viripayev for “spreading false information” about the Russian military.\u00a0 The first court hearing against Rodnyansky and Viripayev took place on April 27, but the court did not report until Wednesday. According to the court’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6989,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[280,2480,2482],"tags":[4395,1227,4426,1314,5034,1378,5035,1761,5036,1764,5037,1765,5038,2538,2587,2589,2954,4385,4387,4388,4389,4391],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/rsssia.webp","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6987"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6987"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6990,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6987\/revisions\/6990"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}