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Ukraine’s Embassy in Austria called the government to raise the issue of release of political prisoner Oleg Sentsov, as the Russian leader Vladimir Putin will visit Vienna for negotiations on June 5.

According to Facebook post of Ukraine’s ambassador Oleksandr Shcherba, Sentsov’s case is ‘a good opportunity for Austria to prove itself as a true political mediator and a humanist European state, ready to stand up for any particular life’.

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