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Ukraine filmmaker sings national anthem after Russia sentences him to 20 years in prison


A Russian court on Tuesday found Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov guilty of plotting terrorist acts in Crimea
Inside the regional courthouse in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, three judges took just 20 minutes to hand down the 20-year sentence, which the 39-year-old director will serve in a maximum security prison
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Sentsov is convicted in organizing terroristic group and terroristic acts for 20 years in prison pic.twitter.com/1P8DxLGfpB
— Bogdan Ovcharuk (@goddan) August 25, 2015

Prosecutors had called for a 23-year sentence for Sentsov, a father of two who is known mostly for his 2011 film Gamer. …read more

Source: Mashable

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