"I live in Moscow. I can move from Moscow to any corner of Russia, but I can’t leave the country until I pay a huge amount of money to the Ministry of Culture. An amount that I definitely don’t have, ”Serebrennikov said in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter.
According to the director, he was already offered assistance in paying this amount.
“People from all over the world - from Germany, Austria, France, representatives of theatrical circles - write to me that they are starting to raise funds to“ buy back ”me,” he said.
On June 26, the Meshchansky court of Moscow claimed from the persons involved in the Seventh Studio case Kirill Serebrennikov, Alexei Malobrodsky and Yuri Itin 129 million rubles in a lawsuit filed by the Ministry of Culture for damages.