To bring to criminal liability the studio of Serebrennikov asked the Ministry of Culture

The Ministry of Culture asked the Investigative Committee of Russia to bring to criminal liability of persons who "stole subsidies", allocated by the Ministry of Seventh Studio, Kirill Serebrennikov. A copy of the letter in the name of the head of the Main Investigative Committee of the IC in Moscow, Alexander Drymanov, signed by the Deputy Minister of Culture Nikolai Malakov, was published on social networks.

The letter was dated May 23, 2017, on the same day in Serebrennikov’s apartment and the Gogol Center, searches were held in the apartment of Serebrennikov.