The rector of VGIK was accused of banning a rally in support of Kirill Serebrennikov
The curator of the Gogol Center, Valery Pecheikin , said that Vladimir Malyshev, rector of VGIK, forbade holding a rally in support of director Kirill Serebrennikov, scheduled for December 12, in the institute building. “The action was called a “rally”, which “does not comply with the institution’s charter,” he wrote on Facebook. Pecheikin added in his post that the action will be held at the same time in the Nol space in the Mozaika shopping center.