On the night of September 11 at the Moscow office of lawyer Konstantin Dobrynin, who represents the interests of director Alexei Uchitel, two cars caught fire. Next to it were scattered leaflets with the slogan "For" Matilda "burn".

Konstantin Dobrynin The lawyer linked arson with the initiative of MP Natalya Poklonskaya, who opposes the screening of the film "Matilda".

Dobrynin explained that the burnt cars did not have anything to do with him or his employees. He added that the police recorded the fact of arson. On the initiation of criminal proceedings nothing is reported.

On August 31, the teacher's studio in St. Petersburg was thrown with "Molotov cocktails". The building was not seriously damaged. A case of hooliganism.

The film "Matilda" by Alexei Uchitel tells about the novel of Emperor Nicholas II with the ballerina Matilda Kshesinskaya. He received a rental certificate of the Ministry of Culture.

Poklonskaya says that the picture offends the feelings of believers, since Nicholas II is numbered among the saints.