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The mother of Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov asked Russian President Vladimir Putin to pardon his son.
This is reported by Echo of Moscow with reference to the document.
"I call you for the forgiveness of my son Oleg Sentsov, born in 1976, sentenced by the Russian court to 20 years of a strict regime colony on the charges of an organization
She pointed out that she knew him "as a peaceful citizen and a person fascinated by his profession – the cinema."
"You will not convince me of Oleg's innocence, though I am Believe it myself.I will just say that he did not kill anyone he spent four years in jail, his children expect him, the youngest son suffers from. autism, they are bad without him, they will never be happy without father, "said the director's mother
Oleg Sentsov celebrates today his birthday – Ukrainian director, screenwriter, better known to the public through the film" Hammer "(2012). The painting participated in the Rotterdam Copyright Film Festival, at the GoEas IFF competition program in the German Wiesbaden, and was also presented at the Kyiv IFF Molodist and the Novemberopt Minsk Festival.
Sentsov failed to remove his second film "The Rhino" – the Revolution of Dignity began in Ukraine. The director was an active participant in the "Avtoomaydanu."
At his native Simferopol, Sentsov returned at the end of February 2014 – and immediately joined the activists who supported the movement "For a United Ukraine".
On May 11, 2014, Oleg Sentsova detained the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation in Crimea. Later, he was taken to Moscow at the Lefortovo Detention Center.
The filmmakers were charged with terrorism and illegal possession of weapons. In the materials of the fabricated case he was called the organizer of the sabotage group and terrorist.
With the request for the release of Oleg Sentsov to the Russian government, representatives of the community Ukrainian film, the Ukrainian government, the European Film Academy; Filmmakers of world renown: Pedro Almodovar, Wim Wenders, Mike Lee, Krzysztof Zanussi, Andrzej Wajda, Ken Loach and others. However, everything was in vain.
In August 2015, Sentsov was sentenced to 20 years in prison with deportation to a strict regime colony. In February 2016, he goes to Yakutia and, from November 2017, Oleg Sentsov is part of the White Bear Corps in the city of Labitnangi (Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug)
On January 17, 2016, the FITNESS Cinematographic Federation and Television jury On April 26, 2017, in New York (United States), the Ukrainian director gave carte blanche to Barbara Goldsmit. American Freedom of Expression PEN
On May 14, 2018, Oleg Sentsov declared an endless hunger strike demanding the release of all Ukrainian political prisoners. 19659003] Photos on the first page: Bloomberg
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