These days mark the third anniversary of a cynical anti-Ukrainian propaganda operation in occupied Crimea that featured fantastic accusations but ended with the four real hostages in Russian prisons. Of them, only one has been released while the rest, filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, student and activist Oleksandr Kolchenko, and historian Oleksiy Chyrniy, remain behind bars. In April, PEN America honored Oleg Sentsov as its annual Freedom to Write Award winner and called for his immediate release – but Moscow pretends to be deaf to the voices of the global creative community.
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Ihor Vynokurov: Moscow deaf to three years of international outcry to free 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.
