Alexander Kulyabin, the former director of the theater in Novosibirsk, was accused of embezzlement. His son, director Timofey Kulyabin, repeatedly spoke out against the occupation of Ukraine, after which he left the territory of the Russian Federation.
In the Russian city of Novosibirsk, police detained Alexander Kulyabin, the former director of the Red Torch Theatre. His son, Timofei Kulyabin, left Russia because of the military attack on Ukraine. The local edition about it says “New Siberia”.
As noted, the Russian prosecutor’s office, the FSB and the Ministry of Internal Affairs opened a criminal case against Kulyabin specifically under the embezzlement clause, which was committed on a large scale. The damage in the case is estimated at 1.8 million rubles.
Searches were made in Kulyabin’s apartment. At this time, the issue of choosing a restraining measure for the Russians is being decided.
Son Timofey Kulyabin from 2015 to 2022. He was the chief director at the Red Torch Theatre. His directorial work has repeatedly been awarded prestigious theatrical awards.
After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Tymofiy repeatedly spoke out against military aggression and eventually left the country in March. In April, the theater announced that he had voluntarily resigned from the post of chief director.
Alexander Kulyabin, who was the director of the Krasny Fakel Theater for 23 years, was dismissed by the Ministry of Culture of the Novosibirsk Region on 23 December 2022 due to his son’s anti-war position. This happened after Kulyabin Jr. gave an interview to Chicago Public Wave radio station in which he criticized the policy of the Russian Federation.
The theater team immediately wrote a letter to the region and the Ministry of Culture of Russia, as well as to the office of President Vladimir Putin with a request to explain the reasons for the dismissal of the director.
Recall that in January, a resident of Bryansk was sentenced to 5 years in prison for trying to flee to the Armed Forces of Ukraine and join the Legion “Freedom of Russia”. The 31-year-old Russian Maksim Timerhanov became the sixth defendant to attempt to flee to the Ukrainian side.
On January 18, it was learned that a deserter who refused to fight in Ukraine was killed in Russia.
Source: Focus
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