Director Oleg Sentsov was transported from Chelyabinsk

Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov, sentenced to 20 years in prison, was transferred from Chelyabinsk to an unknown destination. This was reported by Interfax with reference to the lawyer Dmitry Dinze.

“From Yakutia, he arrived in Irkutsk, then in Chelyabinsk, we are waiting for him to show up,” Dinze told the publication. According to him, the transfer of Sentsov from Chelyabinsk began about two weeks ago.

On September 9, human rights activists learned that Sentsov was transferred to SIZO-1 of Irkutsk from IK-1 of Yakutsk, where he was serving his sentence. from Irkutsk The director was transported to Chelyabinsk.

In August 2015, the court announced the verdict against Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov and anti-fascist Oleksandr Kolchenko in the so-called “case of Crimean terrorists”. They were sentenced respectively to 20 and 10 years in a strict regime colony for setting fire to the door of the United Russia office in Crimea, as well as for allegedly preparing for terrorist acts and illegal trafficking in explosives.

In October 2016 and February 2017, the Russian authorities refused to extradite Oleg Sentsov and Alexander Kolchenko to Ukraine.