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RFE/RL: Sentsov, Kolchenko hold first presser after release from Russian custody

Published Sept. 10, 2019 at 1:22 pm

Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov meets his daughter after five years of being locked up in a Russian prison. Sentsov was one of the 35 freed Ukrainian prisoners who arrived in Boryspil on Sep. 7, 2019.

Photo by Volodymyr Petrov

Ukrainian director Oleh Sentsov and activist Oleksandr Kolchenko have thanked all those who supported them while they were in Russian custody.

Sentsov and Kolchenko spoke on September 10 at their first news conference in Kyiv following their release in a prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine.