Posted on 08/25/2015 5:52:00 AM PDT by elhombrelibre
A Russian court has sentenced an acclaimed Ukrainian film director to 20 years in a maximum-security prison on multiple terrorism charges.
The sentence was handed down after the North Caucasus District Military Court, located in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, on August 25 found Oleh Sentsov guilty of establishing a terrorist group, organization of two terrorist attacks and an attempted terrorist act, as well as an attempt to illegally acquire explosives.
Sentsov's co-defendant, 26-year-old Oleksandr Kolchenko, was found guilty of involvement with a terrorist group and sentenced to 10 years in prison.
After pronouncing the verdict and sentence, the judge asked the defendants if the court's ruling was clear to them.
In response, Sentsov and Kolchenko sang Ukraine's national anthem and chanted: "Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the Heroes!":
(Excerpt) Read more at rferl.org ...
Probably a frame up job
Ya think?
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