Serebrennikov was left under house arrest

The Moscow City Court did not change the preventive measure for director Kirill Serebrennikov. He will remain under house arrest, but allowed daily walks from 18:00 to 20:00, Interfax reports . Lawyers presented the court with 39 new guarantees for the director from Russian cultural figures, including directors Mark Zakharov, Gleb Panfilov, Alexander Sokurov, singer Valery Meladze and model Natalia Vodyanova, but this did not affect the judge's decision.

The director's supporters greeted the director leaving the courthouse with applause.

And even before the appeal began, Dmitry Kharitonov, Serebrennikov’s lawyer, said that Serebrennikov’s letter, published the day before by German actor Lars Eidinger, was a “provocation.” “There was no letter from Kirill Serebrennikov to Lars Eidinger. Cyril did not send him anything and did not ask for any help. Neither this year nor last year. We perceive this as a provocation, ” the BBC quotes the lawyer .

The letter, published by Eidinger on behalf of Serebrennikov, reads: “Dear friends, if you are reading this, it means that everything did not go as I thought. I have given this letter to those whom I trust completely. I ask you to remain calm and not fall for the provocations of political swindlers who are trying to make money on any story that can be turned against the authorities.

State Duma deputy Natalya Poklonskaya could not help but react to the publication of Eidinger, who plays the main role in Alexei Uchitel's film "Matilda". Poklonskaya repeatedly called Eidinger a porn actor and considers his invitation to the role of the last Russian emperor to be especially offensive.

“Not only does Lars Eidinger, a citizen of a foreign state, laugh on social networks at Russians who defend their great history and our Holy Sovereign from distorting facts and defiling our faith, he also interferes in the justice of our country, trying to put pressure on the court on the day of the revision measures of restraint to Kirill Serebrennikov, it turns out that even in the interests of a foreign state with the alleged support of the President of Ukraine.

Why is he publishing this letter? A bunch of Lars and Poroshenko looks harmonious. Both have lost their human appearance, ” wrote on Facebook . Natalya Poklonskaya