Russia’s top investigative body says it has detained one of Russia’s most prominent theater directors, Kirill Serebrennikov, and is pressing charges against him.
The Investigative Committee said in a statement that it suspects Serebrennikov of embezzling about $1 million of government funds that were earmarked for a production at his theater.
Serebrennikov was briefly detained and questioned in May but the investigators stopped short of saying they suspect he was involved, the Washington Post reported.
