Russian police seek criminal charges against Ksenia Sobchak
Source: TASS
Russian police have filed to initiate criminal proceedings against journalist and socialite Ksenia Sobchak, TASS reported on Monday, citing an unnamed “law enforcement representative.” According to the outlet’s source, authorities are seeking to charge Sobchak with spreading “disinformation” about the Russian authorities, namely regarding “state funding of festivals.”
Sobchak is already serving as a witness in the Russian authorities’ case against director Vitaly Mansky, who said in an interview on Sobchak’s YouTube channel that at the Moscow International Film Festival, “no less than 85 percent of the budget gets stolen.”
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