Vladimir Shmyrov, a film critic and artistic director who runs many of the Yeltsin Center's film screenings, was charged with "discrediting the Russian armed forces" and ordered to appear for a preliminary hearing in Yekaterinburg. The specific reason prompting the charge was not immediately clear. Shmyrov has organized screenings about censored Soviet films. The Yeltsin Center quoted Shmyrov denying the charges and expressing hope for a fair court decision. The same court recently fined Yeltsin Center official Lyudmila Telen for reposting a Russian-language "No To War" image on February 25, 2022; the repost originated from Tatyana Dyachenko, who has not been punished.
Authorities charged an artistic director at the Yeltsin Center with "discrediting the Russian armed forces" -- the second employee of the library and cultural center dedicated to the late Russian president to face such charges in the past month.Vladimir Shmyrov, a film critic who runs many of the Yeltsin Center's film screenings, was ordered to appear next week for a preliminary hearing at a district court in Yekaterinburg, the central city where the center is based.
That official, Lyudmila Telen, reposted on Facebook a Russian-language image that read 'No To War' on February 25, 2022, the day after the start of the invasion. The image was a repost from Yeltsin's elder daughter, Tatyana Dyachenko.Dyachenko herself has not been fined or punished for the original post, which had circulated widely among many Russian liberals who were shocked by the invasion.
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