Alexey Uchitel (photo – video screenshot)
Studio Russian Director threw “Molotov cocktails”
Uncategorized August 31, 2017In St. Petersburg unknown persons have thrown bottles with an incendiary mix in a building that housed the office of the Studio “Rock,” directed by Alexei Uchitel. This is reported by Russian RIA Novosti with reference to the representative of the regional interior Ministry.
“In the house 12 along the embankment of the Kryukov canal at 03:30 am, an unknown person threw a glass bottle with some liquid. By the time of arrival of police officers the fire was extinguished,” – stated in the message.
Militiamen started checking. The Director said that he had not heard about the incident.
Earlier the Director had received threats from activists of the organization “the Christian state of Holy Russia”, which required theaters to abandon the film Teacher, “Matilda”. In the Kremlin called them “anonymous extremists”.
The movie “Matilda” about the fate of the ballerina Matilda Kschessinska, and fell in love with future Emperor Nicholas II.
August 22 in Russia, security forces have detained film Director Kirill Serebrennikov.