In Yekaterinburg, two days before the show, a performance with the participation of war critics Ksenia Rappoport and Alexei Serebryakov was canceled

In Yekaterinburg, the performance of the play “Einstein and Margarita” with the participation of Ksenia Rappoport and Alexei Serebryakov was canceled. This reported by the local publication E1.RU. was

The performance was supposed to be shown on May 18 on the stage of the Youth Palace. As E1.RU writes, two days before the production, the play's posters disappeared from all sites where the announcement was posted. The information about the cancellation of the show was confirmed to the publication by the organizers of the artists’ tours, without specifying the reasons.

Alexey Serebryakov has previously repeatedly criticized the actions of the Russian authorities, including speaking out against military actions in Georgia, Ukraine, Chechnya and other countries. On the day the full-scale invasion of Ukraine began, February 24, 2022, Ksenia Rappoport wrote a post on her Instagram criticizing Russia’s decision to start a war.

“I am very ashamed and very scared. I am against war. I don't want war. And I don’t know what I can do now to stop this horror,” the publication said.

On February 14, half an hour before the start, “for technical reasons,” was canceled . the performance of the play “Einstein and Margarita” with the participation of Rappoport and Serebryakov in the St. Petersburg “Baltic House”