Oleg Sentsov has been
transferred in order to be exchanged, a source said.
MOSCOW, August 29.
/TASS/. Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov, convicted in Russia of plotting
terrorist attacks in Crimea, has been transferred to Moscow from a penal colony
in Labytnangi, Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Region, in order to be exchanged, a
source familiar with the situation told TASS.
"Sentsov has
been transferred to Moscow from the Labytnangi colony and taken to a pre-trial
detention center," the source said without going into detail.
Sentsov’s lawyer
Dmitry Dinze, however, told TASS that he was unaware of plans to exchange his
client for Russians jailed in Ukraine.
Ukrainian media
reported last week that Kiev and Moscow intended to carry out a prisoner swap
based on the "33 for 33" formula. Russian Human Rights Ombudsperson
Tatyana Moskalkova visited Kiev a few days ago but her agenda remained unclear.
Sentsov case
On August 25, 2015,
Russia’s North Caucasus District Military Court sentenced Oleg Sentsov to 20
years in prison on charges of organizing a terrorist group in Crimea. In the
spring of 2014, the group’s members carried two terror attacks in the Crimean
city of Simferopol, setting fire to the offices of Crimea’s Russian Community
organization and the United Russia party’s Crimean branch. According to the investigation,
they also plotted other terrorist attacks.
Source: ITAR-TASS
29-08-2019
