Playwright Svetlana Petriychuk was detained on May 4, 2023 for writing the play “Finist, the Brave Falcon.” She was accused along with theater director Zhenya Berkovich of “justifying terrorism” in their play, which was about women who meet jihadists on the internet to go to Syria, and for which they won the prestigious Russian Golden Mask theater award. They remain in extended pre-trial detention.
