Russian theater and film director Kirill Serebrennikov, center, waits for his hearing in a court room in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017. Russia's Investigative Committee appealed for an extension of Serebrennikov's house arrest after he was accused of scheming to embezzle around $1.1 million in government funds allocated for one of his productions and the projects he championed between 2011 and 2014. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)