Sentsov starts hunger strike, says ‘Free political prisoners!’
Vol. 82/No. 22 - June 4, 2018![Rally in downtown Kiev, Ukraine, May 11, 2017, demands release of Oleg Sentsov and Alexander Kolchenko, framed up on fake terrorism charges for opposing Moscow’s 2014 seizure of Crimea. Sentsov, imprisoned in the gulag in Siberia, launched hunger strike May 14.](https://themilitant.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/052218a1-300x225.jpg)
Oleg Sentsov, an internationally known filmmaker and supporter of a Ukraine independent of Moscow’s control, was arrested in his home in Crimea shortly after the Russian government seized that province in 2014. This move came in response to the victory…