Breaking: Russia gives suspended sentence to opera director

Breaking: Russia gives suspended sentence to opera director

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norman lebrecht

June 26, 2020

Moscow’s Meshchansky district court has sentenced Kirill Serebrennikov to three years of probation and a token 800,000 ruble ($11,500) fine.

The verdict is seen as a reflection of international outrage at the show trial to which Serebrennikov was subjected after three years of house arrest over critical commenats he made about the Putin regime.

It remains to be seen whether the house arrest will be lifted, and whether he will be allowed to leave the country to resume his international career.

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