People’s Artist of Russia Dmitry Nazarov and his wife Olga Vasilyeva have been fired from the Moscow Art Theatre, Russian media outlet RBC reports, citing the theatre administration.
“Dmitry Nazarov had a conversation with the artistic director of the Moscow Art Theatre (Konstantin Khabensky — editor’s note), and following the conversation a decision was made to fire Nazarov and his wife Olga Vasilyeva,” Vadim Vernak, public relations deputy of the theatre’s director, tells RBC.
A play starring Nazarov was previously cancelled in the city of Nizhny Tagil. The organisers blamed the decision on the critiques on social media due to the actor’s anti-war stance.
Nazarov has previously spoken out against the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The actor regularly uploads anti-war videos, in which he reads poetry.
