In December, Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov was awarded the 2018 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. Sentsov, an outspoken opponent of Russia’s annexation of Crimea, is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence for terrorism offences. What will Sakharov Prize mean to Sentsov and other political prisoners in Russia? oDR speaks to Rebecca Harms, a Green MEP (Germany) closely involved in Sentsov’s case.
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A man holds a placard reading "Free Sentsov" with an appeal to free Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov during a rally in front of Russia embassy in Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on August 21, 2018.
