Russian court jails theatre figures over IS wives play

A Russian playwright and a theatre director have been found guilty of “justifying terrorism” by a military court in Moscow.Director Yevgenia Berkovich and playwright Svetlana Petrichuk were sentenced to six years each for the production of their play The Brave Falcon Finist.Loosely based on true events, the play tells the story of Russian women who travelled to Syria during the country's civil war to marry…