
The art director of the theater.doc Mikhail Ugarov was not released from Russia by order of the FSB. This was announced on her Facebook page by director Zarem Zaudinova.
"Ugarov was not missed on the border of Sheremetyevo to Berlin. Without explanation of the reasons: the order of the FSB," Zaudinova wrote.
Information "Novaya Gazeta" was also confirmed by one of the founders and director of the theater Elena Gremin. “He (Ugarov. - Ed.) Showed a document,” she said, without going into the details.
Theater.doc was created in 2002 by playwrights Mikhail Ugarov, Elena Gremin and Alexander Rodionov. Ugarov is one of the creators of the New Drama festival (now the new play) and the festival of the young drama "Lyubimovka".
In July 2015, the prosecutor's office fined the theater.doc for 500 thousand rubles on charges of violating fire safety rules. The fire safety check in the premises of the theater at the rampant was held on May 7 , the day after the premiere of the documentary performance "Swamp business" based on the play by Polina Borodina. At the same time, a dog handler with a dog checked the premises before the premiere itself, two policemen were present at the performance, and a police bus stood at the entrance to the theater.
On May 28, the owner of the premises on a rampant terminated the lease with the theater.doc . On June 23, the theater moved to a new place. He rented two premises in different buildings at M. Kazynoy per., 12.
The theater.doc was only a few months in the rampant, after the Moscow Property Department of the Moscow Property Award and without explaining the reasons unilaterally terminated the lease of the premises in Trekhprudnaya Lane, where the theater worked since 2002. On December 30, the police tore off the demonstration of the Ukrainian film "Stronger than Weapons" dedicated to Euromaidan. The next daythere was a search there .