When asked upon his sentencing before a Russian military court in Rostov-on-Don on Aug. 25 whether he understood the charges against him, he and co-defendant Oleksandr Kolchenko, who received a 10-year sentence, sang Ukraine's national anthem. On Nov. 24, he declined to testify.
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Freedom project in support of film director Oleh Sentsov and other Ukrainian political prisoners held in Russia displayed at Ukrainian Foreign Ministry on Oct. 27.
