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Ukrainian political prisoner Oleg Sentsov must petition Russian President Vladimir Putin himself if he wants to start the clemency process, Russian authorities have stated.

The statement comes from the office for citizens’ constitutional rights, under the Administration of the President, in response to a request for pardon from the Ukrainian filmmaker’s mother, Liudmyla Sentsova.

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