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
