Russia's War Against Ukraine OP-ED

Halya Coynash: Punitive Russification as Russia’s new excuse for not releasing Ukrainians Sentsov & Kolchenko

By Halya Coynash.
Hennadiy Afanasyev, together with other activists, holds a poster which reads "Happy birthday to Oleg!" on Independence Square in Kyiv on July 13, 2016. Activists gathered to celebrate the birthday of Oleg Sentsov. (Anastasia Vlasova)

The Russian prison authorities in Yakutia have placed Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov in an isolation cell for 15 days.  His cousin Natalya Kaplan knows no details but has also just received threats directed at Sentsov on Facebook and is understandably concerned.

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