Grigory Yavlinsky: Putin bears personal responsibility for the life and physical condition of imprisoned Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov
Grigory Yavlinsky web-site
20.05.2018
Oleg Sentsov went on a hunger strike. The Ukrainian film director in the Russian prison is put in such conditions when this desperate step is the only way to draw attention to the situation of people persecuted in our country exclusively for political reasons. These people were convicted not for committed crimes (there were no such crimes), but for their beliefs that are in line with modern international law.
It is necessary to stop the suffering of innocent people. The release of Oleg Sentsov and other Ukrainian citizens held in Russian prisons for political reasons will not only be a humane and just step, but an act corresponding to Russia’s fundamental national interests.
The future of Russia lies in a principled change of policy towards Ukraine, rejection of the so-called “doctrine of limited sovereignty” of Kiev. Without settlement of relations with Ukraine, without cessation of the war in Donbass, without the initiative to convene an international conference on Crimea, it is impossible to ensure normal development of our country, it is impossible to ensure its interests and security in the modern world.
The Russian authorities and personally Vladimir Putin are directly responsible for the life and physical condition of Oleg Sentsov and dozens of other people who in the prisons have become hostages of the aggressive policy of the Russian state.
Source: https://www.yavlinsky.ru/news/rossia/sentsov
Posted: May 20th, 2018 under Human Rights, Russia-Ukraine relations.