Russia's theater and film director Kirill Serebrennikov gestures as he waits for the start of hearings in a court in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2018. Serebrennikov has been under house arrest since Aug. 2017 on charges of scheming to embezzle about $1.1 million in government funds allocated for some of his productions. The court extended Serebrennikov's house arrest until April 19 pending an embezzlement probe. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)