The military court in Russia’s city of
Rostov-on-Don on Tuesday sentenced Ukrainian film director Oleh Sentsov to 20
years in prison and Ukrainian activist Oleksandr Kolchenko to 10 years in
prison, both are accused of terrorism and will be kept in a high-security penal
colony, according to an UNIAN correspondent in the Russian Federation.
"Under Part 3 of Article 69 of the Criminal Code of Russia, the
court issued a final indictment against Sentsov for a set of crimes, ruling
imprisonment for a term of 20 years in a high-security penal colony, Kolchenko
will be imprisoned for a term of 10 years in a high-security penal
colony," the judge announced.
As UNIAN reported earlier, Ukrainian film director Sentsov was arrested by Russian security service officers in the annexed Crimea
in May 2014 together with pro-Ukrainian activists Oleksandr Kolchenko, Oleksiy
Cherniy and Hennadiy Afanasiyev. They all were charged with preparation of
terrorist acts.
Both denied their guilt from the day of their arrest.
During the trial, Sentsov and one of the main witnesses, Hennadiy
Afanasiyev, who had already been sentenced to seven years in connection with
the case, said that they had been forced into making incriminating statements.
Afanasiyev refused to testify against Sentsov.
The prosecutor demanded that
Sentsov be sentenced to 23-year imprisonment in a penal colony, Kolchenko
to 12-year imprisonment in a penal colony.
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