Ukrainian filmmaker jailed in Russia for 20 years for 'terrorism'

Ukrainian filmmaker jailed in Russia for 20 years for 'terrorism'

ROSTOV-ON-DON (RUSSIA) - A Russian military court on Tuesday sentenced Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov to 20 years on terror charges in a trial condemned by Kiev, rights groups and top film directors.

Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov looks out from a defendants' cage during a hearing at a military court in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don on July 21, 2015

A judge sentenced Sentsov on charges of heading a terrorist group that carried out and plotted attacks in Crimea after it was annexed by Russia in March last year. His co-defendant, fellow Ukrainian Alexander Kolchenko, was sentenced to 10 years.

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