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The Meshchansky Court rejected Sentsov’s claim against the FSB and the media

The Meshchansky District Court of Moscow rejected the claim of Oleg Sentsov from the FSB and the media for the protection of honor and dignity, Grani.ru reports.

The ending is a little predictable. Sentsov’s claim against the FSB, NTV, Zvezda and others was rejected.
— Grani.Ru (@GraniTweet) December 24, 2015

Director Sentsov in his lawsuit demanded a refutation of information disseminated by a number of media outlets, which stated that he was allegedly a member of a sabotage and terrorist group involved in the activities of the Right Sector organization banned in Russia by decision of the Supreme Court.

The FSB representative says that “a member of the sabotage-terr. group “Right Sector” and “a member of the sabotage-terr. group “Right Sector” are completely different things
— Grani.Ru (@GraniTweet) December 24, 2015

Among the defendants are the FSB, as well as Channel One, VGTRK, NTV and the Media Content company, which owns the publication Life News. Sentsov's defense insisted that the media had no right to talk about Setsov as a terrorist, since there was no court decision.

Channel 1: And we said, not a member of the Right Sector, but a supporter of the Right Sector.
— Grani.Ru (@GraniTweet) December 24, 2015

On August 25, 2015, a panel of judges of the North Caucasus District Military Court, chaired by Sergei Mikhailyuk, sentenced Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov to 20 years in a maximum security colony. Anarchist Alexander Kolchenko was sentenced to 10 years in prison.