Ukrainian Filmmaker Sentenced to 20 Years by Russian Court

A Russian court convicted a prominent Ukrainian filmmaker on Tuesday of conspiring to commit terror attacks and sentenced him to 20 years in prison
Ukrainian Filmmaker Sentenced to 20 Years by Russian Court
A guard stands in a passage of the notorious Butyrka remand prison in Moscow, on December 4, 2013. Kirill Kudryavstev /AFP/Getty Images)
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ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia—A Russian court convicted a prominent Ukrainian filmmaker on Tuesday of conspiring to commit terror attacks and sentenced him to 20 years in prison.

The court in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don said Oleg Sentsov had set up a terror cell in the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia annexed last year, and was plotting attacks. He will serve time in a maximum-security prison.