It is exactly three years since Oleg Sentsov, Ukrainian filmmaker and single father, was arrested in Simferopol, shortly after Russia invaded and annexed Crimea. His trial and 20-year-sentence have been condemned by the entire international community, yet Russian President Vladimir Putin keeps repeating the same narrative, that Sentsov was tried and convicted of ‘terrorism’. It is the magic word that Moscow has used to impose a sentence far longer than those in Soviet times passed against dissidents. Terrorism, however, has a clear meaning, and Putin should be challenged to justify the claim or #FreeSentsov.
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Halya Coynash: Challenge Putin’s lies about imprisoned Ukrainian filmmaker Sentsov
Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov is seen inside of the defendant's cage in a military courtroom during the second hearing in the southwestern city of Rostov-on-Don on July 27, 2015.
