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Oleg Sentsov sings Ukrainian national anthem as he is sentenced to 20 years in Russian penal colony – video
Film director Oleg Sentsov sings the Ukrainian national anthem as he is sentenced to 20 years in a high-security penal colony by a Russian military court for ‘terrorist attacks’ in Crimea. Along with a second defendant, Alexander Kolchenko who was sentenced to 10 years in prison, Sentsov laughs in derision when the sentencing was...
Russian Court Jails Ukrainian Film Director
The 39-year-old Crimean native, a vocal opponent of Russia’s annexation of Crimea last year, is jailed for 20 years. …read more Source: Sky...
‘A court of occupiers cannot be just’: Ukrainian director’s courtroom speech
Oleg Sentsov has been sentenced to 20 years on terrorism charges by a Russian court. Here’s the full text his rousing speech from the dock A Russian court has sentenced Crimean film director Oleg Sentsov to 20 years in jail, after a trial that has been criticised by observers as farcical.The prosecutution accused Sentsov of organising a...
Russian court sentences Ukrainian film director to 20 years in jail
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Russian court on Tuesday sentenced Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov to 20 years in a high-security penal colony for “terrorist attacks” in Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula that Moscow annexed from Ukraine in April 2014, RIA news agency said. …read more Source:...
Russian court sentences Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov to 20 years for ‘terrorism’
The Ukrainian film-maker has been given hard labour as punishment following his controversial trial marred by allegations of torture and coercion …read more Source: The...
Russian court jails Ukrainian filmmaker for 20 years over terror offences
Oleg Sentsov is convicted of plotting terror attacks but critics say the prosecution was in revenge for his pro-Ukrainian viewsA 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 on Tuesday that Oleg Sentsov had set...
Russia jails Ukraine film-maker
A court in Russia jails Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov to 20 years in prison for plotting terrorist acts in Crimea. …read more Source:...
US sends F-22 fighter jets to Europe as part of Ukraine response
Warplanes will train alongside Eurofighter and other Nato aircraft as ‘Russia’s military activity continues to be of great concern’, says air force secretary Related: Nato reports surge in jet interceptions as Russia tensions increase The US is to deploy F-22 fighter jets to Europe as part of efforts to support eastern European...
Carbon credits ‘like printing money’
The vast majority of carbon credits generated by Russia and Ukraine do not represent cuts in emissions, according to a new study. …read more Source:...
Russia sent convoys across border, says Poroshenko
Ukraine has accused Russia of sending several convoys of military supplies to separatist rebels, as fears rose that the fragile… …read more Source: The...
