Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov gets 20 years for “terrorism”

Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov gets 20 years for “terrorism”

Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov sentenced to 20 years in prison by a Russian military court.

Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov sentenced to 20 years in prison by a Russian military court.

Sentsov was arrested shortly after the Crimean peninsula was annexed by Russia in March 2014 charges of terrorism.

His co-accused, Alexandre Koltchenko, was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Both were appearing for "terrorism", "organization of a terrorist group" and "arms trafficking" in acase they consider policy.

Both men denied the charges.

Source: Euronews