Russia tries playwright and director on terror charges yahoo.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from yahoo.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov, competing for the Palme d'Or at Cannes, brandished a picture of two theater artists who went on trial in Moscow on Monday.
A Russian playwright and theatre director accused of "justifying terrorism" told a Moscow court on Monday they were innocent, as authorities ramp up the censorship and suppression of dissenting artists.