ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia (AP) — A Russian court has convicted a Ukrainian filmmaker of conspiracy to commit terror attacks and sentenced him to 20 years in prison.The court in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don said Tuesday that Oleg Sentsov had set up a terror cell in the Crimean Peninsula and was plotting attacks.Sentsov, a Crimean native, was a vocal opponent of Russia’s 2014 annexation of the peninsula which followed a hastily called referendum. Critics have dismissed his prosecution as revenge for his pro-Ukrainian position.Sentsov, who didn’t apply for Russian citizenship, was grabbed on a street in Crimea’s capital in May 2014 …read more
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