For the pardoning procedure to be launched, the Ukrainian political prisoner Oleh Sentsov must personally appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin with the corresponding request, as stated in the response on Sentsov mother’s request that came from the office for ensuring constitutional rights of citizens under the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation.
UNIAN: Moscow responds to Sentsov mother’s pardon appeal for her son
Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov looks on inside a defendants' cage during a hearing at a military court in the city of Rostov-on-Don on July 27, 2015.
