Oleg Sentsov reacts as the verdict is delivered as he stands behind bars. AP PHOTO
BY IULIIA SUBBOTOVSKA
The Associated Press
ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia – A Russian military court convicted a prominent Ukrainian filmmaker on Tuesday of conspiring to commit terror attacks and sentenced him to 20 years in prison in what critics called a politically motivated show trial.
The court in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don said Oleg Sentsov had set up a terror cell in the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia annexed last year, and was plotting attacks. He will serve time in a maximum-security prison.
Such lengthy prison sentences are rare in Russia even …read more
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