"Days. Ru "write that Russian stars hastened to stand up for the head of" Gogol Center "directed by Kirill Serebrennikov, who was previously summoned for questioning in the criminal case of the theft of 200 million budget rubles. As it became known, an open letter was written in his support, under which Yevgeny Mironov, Chulpan Khamatova, Elizaveta Boyarskaya, Oleg Tabakov, Mark Zakharov and many other prominent figures of culture and art left their signatures..

It is reported that the celebrities appealed to the authorities to conduct an objective investigation and said that Kirill Serebrennikov is an honest and decent person.

The Investigative Committee earlier opened a criminal investigation into the theft of budget funds allocated in 2014. Kirill Serebrennikov as a witness was summoned for questioning, Gogol Center was searched.

As previously reported, yesterday, May 23 at the Gogol Center and at the house of the artistic director of the theater, Kirill Serebrennikov, were searched. The investigation noted that they are connected with the case of theft. It is noted that later the SC clarified that unidentified persons from among the leaders of the "Seventh Studio" from 2011 to 2014 stole about 200 million rubles allocated by the state from the budget for the development and popularization of art.