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Moscow troupe strives to keep jailed Putin critics from being forgotten


MOSCOW- Peering at the audience from behind mesh hammocks as if through prison bars, actors at an independent Moscow theatre tell the story of a dozen people still in jail three years after a protest against President Vladimir Putin.The first night of the play, written to remember those arrested on the eve of Putin’s third presidential inauguration in May 2012, was almost its last, as state prosecutors came the next day and, shortly afterwards, the landlord told the company he wanted them out, citing pressure from the state.Teatr.doc head, Yelena Gremina, who directed the play, said her company was almost …read more

Source: AsiaOne

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