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Theater director Zhenya Berkovich, left, and playwright Svetlana Petriychuk are seen in a glass cage prior to a hearing in a court in Moscow, Russia, Monday, May 20, 2024. Berkovich, a prominent independent theater director, and Petriychuk, a playwright have been behind bars since early May. Authorities claim a play they staged, "Finist, the Brave Falcon," justifies terrorism, which is a criminal offence in Russia punishable by up to seven years in prison. (AP Photo/Dmitry Serebryakov)

Russian theater director and playwright go on trial over a play authorities say justifies terrorism

By Dasha Litvinova - Associated Press

Theater director Zhenya Berkovich sits in a cage in a courtroom prior to a hearing in a court in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 5, 2023. Theater director Zhenya Berkovich and playwright Svetlana Petriychuk were detained on Thursday on the charge of justifying terrorism because of their play "Finist, the Brave Falcon." The play is about women who were lured into marriage by representatives of radical Islam, went to live with them in Syria and faced prosecution upon returning to Russia. Berkovich and Petriychuk have maintained their innocence. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russia jails artists amid crackdown on dissent

By Dasha Litvinova - Associated Press