Actor Pavel Ustinov mobilized – News – Society – Kommersant

Actor of the New Theater Pavel Ustinov was drafted into the army as part of the mobilization and is undergoing infantry exercises, the theater’s press service reported on VKontakte. Mr. Ustinov became known in 2019 as a defendant in the Moscow case.

“Behind the shoulders of a 26-year-old young man is an urgent service in the National Guard. Many people remember the period when social networks were full of avatars “I / We Pavel Ustinov”. After these dramatic events, he served at the Gorky Moscow Art Theater. After the opening of the New Theater, Pavel was invited to join his troupe, but another service fell to him – in the ranks of the Russian army, on the very front line of the front,”— says in the theatre.

Also the press office leads the words of the actor himself on this occasion: “If the war comes to our house, it will be too late. Behind us are families, wives, parents, children who can be in great danger if they do nothing. Moreover, I would not have forgiven myself if I had stood aside when my brother was called.”

In 2019, the Tverskoy Court of Moscow sentenced actor Pavel Ustinov to three and a half years in prison for using violence against a government official at an opposition rally on August 3 in Moscow. Then they protested against the exclusion of certain candidates from the elections to the Moscow City Duma. The judge refused to watch the video of the actor’s arrest, which, as the defense insisted, “clearly shows that Pavel Ustinov did not resist the arrest.” After a broad public campaign in support of Pavel Ustinov, the Moscow City Court replaced a one-year suspended sentence.

Polina Sobakina