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Acclaimed Russian theatre and film director Kirill Serebrennikov is in court after being charged with fraud in a case that has sent shockwaves through the arts community. IMAGES
A Russian court is set to make a ruling in an "extremism" case against the political network of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny as Moscow seeks to outlaw the opposition to President Vladimir Putin. The closed court hearing is part of a sweeping crackdown on Putin's most prominent critic and his supporters after Navalny barely survived a poisoning with the Novichok nerve agent last summer. IMAGES
Acclaimed Russian stage and screen director Kirill Serebrennikov appears in court on embezzlement charges seen by supporters as part of a crackdown on artistic independence under Vladimir Putin. The 49-year-old, who smashed taboos and revolutionised the Russian art scene in recent years, appeared in the first open hearing of his controversial embezzlement case after spending a year under house arrest. IMAGES
Russian director Yevgeniya Berkovich and writer Svetlana Petriychuk appear in a Russian military court, where they were sentenced to six years in prison for "justifying terrorism" in a 2021 play about women marrying jihadists in Syria. The pair were sentenced following a closed-door trial, after the women's arrest in May last year sent shockwaves through Russia's artistic community. IMAGES
Vietnamese property tycoon Truong My Lan could face the death penalty as she and dozens of other co-accused await verdicts in one of the country's biggest fraud cases over the embezzlement of $12.5 billion. IMAGES
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