In the war, the former political prisoner Gennady Afanasyev died. In Russia, he was convicted of the case of Oleg Sentsov and returned to Ukraine as part of an exchange

During the battles in the Lugansk region of Ukraine, a civil activist and former defendant in the case of the Crimean Terrorists, Gennady Afanasyev, died. Information about his death by the publication Crimea. Realia was confirmed by the wife of Afanasyev Lyudmila.

The deputy head of the Majlis of the Crimean Tatar people, Ukrainian deputy Akhtem Chiygoz said that Afanasyev fought as part of the territorial defense forces of Ukraine. According to him, the activist died in the area of ​​the village of Belogorovka.

“Protecting his country, at the front, the former political prisoner Gennady Afanasyev died. Eternal glory to the hero! " - wrote Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov on Facebook .