The hearing on the merits of the criminal case involving the "Seventh Studio", and Kirill Serebrennikov as defendant, director and artistic director of the "Gogol Center", was held in the Meshchansky District Court. Right to left: Kirill Serebrennikov, director, artistic director of the "Gogol Center"; Alexei Malobrodsky, former director general of the "Gogol Center" and Sofia Apfelbaum, director of the Russian Academic Youth Theater (RAMT) during the hearing.

The hearing on the merits of the criminal case involving the "Seventh Studio", and Kirill Serebrennikov as defendant, director and artistic director of the "Gogol Center", was held in the Meshchansky District Court. Actresses Chulpan Khamatova (left) and Liya Akhedzhakova (right) during the hearing.

The hearing on the merits of the criminal case involving the "Seventh Studio", and Kirill Serebrennikov as defendant, director and artistic director of the "Gogol Center", was held in the Meshchansky District Court. Kirill Serebrennikov (center) during the hearing.

The hearing on the merits of the criminal case involving the "Seventh Studio", and Kirill Serebrennikov as defendant, director and artistic director of the "Gogol Center", was held in the Meshchansky District Court. Kirill Serebrennikov during the hearing.