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Sergey Dubov is an FSB officer who has been fighting for ten years with an independent Russian culture. Having gained access to his mail, Medusa found out how his work works.
In particular, oaks are associated with hacking of accounts and surveillance of independent directors, actors and critics. In addition, the FSB officer is the curator of the mesh of pro-government telegram channels about culture. On one of these channels in 2021, a picture of the naked actress Barbara Shmykova was posted. She supported Alexei Navalny. Even before the publication in Telegram, the photo appeared in the mailbox of Dubov.
Among the letters of Dubov there are materials from the criminal case of director Kirill Serebrennikov, but what role he played in this case is not completely clear.
In addition, Dubov probably contributed to the fact that the Golden Mask theater award ceased to be independent.
The special correspondent of Medusa Elizabeth Antonova tells the story of Dubov, and also explains what methods the power in the Russian Federation fights independent artists.
📍 The text of Elizabeth Antonova on the struggle of the FSB with an independent Russian culture
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