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Home arrest of director Kirill Serebrennikov does not mean that he is to blame for something. This was stated by President Vladimir Putin at a press conference in China, Interfax reports .

“There are no questions to Serebrennikov by the authorities: compliance with the law in the use of budget money,” Putin said. “Despite the fact that he is under house arrest, this does not mean that he is to blame for something. He is to blame or not, only the court can determine.”

Serebrennikov’s work can be treated differently, Putin noted, but “if the authorities finances, it means that it is at least neutral and allows the artist to work, work.”

Serebrennikov is accused of the case of the Seventh Studio. Under part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code (fraud on an especially large scale), the director threatens up to 10 years in the colony. On August 22, Serebrennikov was detained in St. Petersburg. The next day, the judge of the Basmanny District Court of Moscow Elena Lenskaya sent him under house arrest in Moscow. On Monday, the Moscow City Court confirmed the decision of the district court, but softened the conditions for serving house arrest. Now Serebrennikov is allowed by the nightly two -hour walks within its area.

According to the plot of the case, in 2011-2014, the Ministry of Culture allocated to Serebrennikov over 214 million rubles for the implementation of the Platform project, launched for the development and popularization of contemporary art. To embody the project, the director formed an autonomous non -profit organization "Seventh Studio".

However, the TFR says, Serebrennikov gave other defendants an indication of overstating data on the quantity and cost of events. Also, the agency claims, the director instructed to ensure the conclusion of the Seventh Studio with firms and private entrepreneurs controlled by him, including one-day companies, and fictitious agreements for the implementation of the Platform project. The funds transferred under these agreements were allegedly cashed and distributed by Serebrennikov between the defendants.

The total amount of theft, which was charged to the director and other accused, is, according to the TFR, at least 68 million rubles. Serebrennikov does not plead guilty.