Acclaimed Russian director convicted but not sent to prison

MOSCOW (AP) — A Moscow judge has convicted an acclaimed Russian theater director of embezzling state funds and imposed a three-year suspended sentence in a case widely seen as politically motivated. Kirill Serebrennikov and his associates were found guilty of fraud and embezzling 129 million rubles (over $1.8 million) of state funding for a theater project. The judge gave Serebrennikov and two other defendants suspended sentences and ordered them to repay the embezzled funds. Prosecutors h