Ukrainian director Sentsov was taken to Moscow and placed in Lefortovo

The activist of Avtomaydana, the Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov, was taken to Moscow, taken to Moscow. He was placed in the Lefortovo pre -trial detention center. This was reported by journalist Ksenia Larina.

"The Ukrainian film director and a civil activist, one of the leaders of" Avtomaydan "Oleg Sentsov, who lives in Simferopol, was arrested by the FSB of Russia on May 11 and, according to the latest data, was transferred to Moscow in Lefortovo," writes Larina. She fears a wave of repression against dissenters in the Crimea.

The chairman of the cinema union Andrei Proshkin turned to the FSB demanding to free Sentsov. "The arrest and retention of Oleg Sentsov without charges within a week has already caused serious damage to the image of our country in the international arena. Appeals on the liberation of Oleg Sentsov are signed and published by leading filmmakers in the largest international and business publications," the document says. "We consider it necessary to bring to you the point of view of the Union of Cinema and Professional Russian associations about the inadmissibility of such measures and the dangers that these measures cause the reputation of our country.

On May 11, Sentsov was detained in Crimea by the FSB officers. He is accused of organizing a terrorist attack . On May 15, lawyer Dmitry Dinze, who will defend the director, said that the exact details of the prosecution against Sentsov are still unknown. According to some reports, two armed young people were detained in Crimea, who, in turn, testified against Sentsov.

“The story is quite muddy, and I fully admit that it can be a provocation to somehow substitute Oleg,” said Dinze. “Tomorrow and Waitor, he is being transported to Moscow, and on Monday they are already waiting for me in the FSB management.”

Sentsov’s environment believes that his detention is politically motivated. The director actively participated in the life of Ukrainian troops on the territory of Crimea, who refused to swear Russia after the peninsula was annexed.

Sentsov - laureate of international festivals in Germany, the Netherlands, in Ukraine, as well as in Russia. In 2012, his film "Gamer" received an honorary award at the Fire Spirit festival in Khanty-Mansiysk.

On May 16, in Crimea, a participant in student and environmental actions, Alexander Kolchenko, was detained by the FSB officers in civilian clothes . He has not yet been charged. According to preliminary data, in the near future Kolchenko will be sent to Moscow "for further proceedings."