[Russia] - Russian Film Critic Charged Over 'War Fakes' Flees House Arrest

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russian film critic Yekaterina Barabash got away house arrest and stopped working to appear at her trial on charges of spreading out
intentionally false information about the Russian army, state media reported Monday, citing anonymous sources familiar with the
case.Barabash, 64, was placed under home arrest in February over social networks posts in which she presumably spread incorrect details
about the Russian Armed Forces.Moscows branch of the Federal Penitentiary Service discovered she had violated the terms of her house arrest
on April 13, according to the state-run RIA Novosti news agency.Authorities have considering that issued an arrest warrant, RIA Novosti and
TASS reported Monday.Exiled news outlet Meduza noted that Barabashs name does not presently appear in the Interior Ministrys desired
individuals database
Meanwhile, the RBC news site reported that criminal proceedings versus her were suspended for undefined reasons.On Monday, a Moscow court
ordered Barabash to be placed in pre-trial detention in her lack
She did not participate in the hearing, and her attorney, Mikhail Biryukov, decreased to comment, RBC said.A singing critic of Russias
full-blown invasion of Ukraine, Barabash composed in March 2022 that Russia had bombed the nation and took down whole cities to the
ground.Shortly after releasing the invasion in February 2022, Russia criminalized public criticism of its military operations
abroad.Barabash, the daughter of popular Soviet literary critic Yuri Barabash, has actually worked for outlets consisting of Nezavisimaya
Gazeta, Forbes Russia and Interfax
In 2016, she said she was fired from Interfax for criticizing the government.Russias Justice Ministry included her to its foreign agents
computer registry in April, implicating her of spreading phony news about the 2022 intrusion of Ukraine.AFP contributed reporting.