: :inin Kyiv (EET)

Russian Prosecutors Seek 23-year Sentence for Crimean Filmmaker


Public prosecutors in Russia’s Rostov region on Wednesday asked judges for a 23-year sentence against a Ukrainian film director.

Oleg Sentsov faces charges of leading a terrorist group and acts of terrorism.

Critics have dismissed Sentsov’s prosecution as revenge — a Crimean native, he was a vocal opponent of Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea which followed a hastily called referendum.

Tanya Lokshina, Russia program director for Human Rights Watch, noted a recent string of politically charged trials in Russia, ranging from Sentsov, to a Ukrainian pilot, to an Estonian security officer, to a Russian mother accused of treason.

Verdict August 25

Lokshina said Sentsov is …read more

Source: Voice of America

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